Play your heart out each game, so you can look your teammates in the eyes and ask, without saying it, 'I played full out, did you?'

You have to learn every day. You can't be playing every day, but you can be practicing. If you cannot be practicing with a net and others daily, you still can be learning about the game by reading, watching and imaging. You must learn every day, if you want to be a real volleyball player. —

Most of us are referees at heart; we like to call throws and errors on someone else.

Trying simply provides an excuse for not doing.

Make your mistakes with confidence. It is the only way you are going to learn anything. Never be afraid to do a skill, no matter how simple or hard it may seem someone has done it, and so can you, With enough committed practice and confidence.

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

Volleyball rules are simple. If it is on the floor, pick it up and get it into the air. If it is in the air, keep it off the floor. —