The kind of player who has turned his game around, he used to be lousy and lazy and now he is lazy and lousy.

An advantage to volleyball is that you have a scoreboard to tell how you have done as a team. The thing is, in life there is no scoreboard, at least not one that you can see.

Shared victory is a double victory, shared defeat is half-defeat.

There are three choices in life and sport - either you do it, you don't do it or you think about it. Most humans think about it. We will do it.

Good players win volleyball games for you, not tall players.

It's hard for these athletes to stay healthy. They are constantly being bombarded with unhealthy advertising. Peer pressure can override the body's demand for health. Being healthy goes beyond 'not being sick' (where all lab reports indicate health), to feeling optimistic, energetic, strong and happy with their bodies. Teaching them to take charge of their bodies is a job of coaching. Help them gain discipline in conditioning, nutrition and attitude/emotional control.

There is no such thing as 'staying in shape;' you either work to get better, or you allow yourself to get worse.