The sport of volleyball will never give you something that you can't handle; whether you do handle it is another question.

Focus on winning the contest with yourself.

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

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.

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

Coaches and players at the start must think their way through problems where a more experienced person would react out of habit and memory. One must not gain this experience, however, without being careful of empty redundancy. Do not fall into the error of the artist who boasts of 20 years of experience at his craft while, in fact, all he has had is one year - 20 times.

Work hard - beat out half the team. Be committed, play fair as a team player - Beat out another quarter of the team. The last quarter is your desire and beliefs, and where you are playing.