How much we have to hydrate out here in this kind of heat and humidity. I think the most I have ever taken down in one day of fluids is five gallons - a gallon per match. If we didn't replace our fluids, we would probably keel over and die.

It was really an exciting time trying to find my way from being a boy to becoming a man—being toe to toe and eye to eye with grown men, even though I was only 11 or 12.

I want to be as self-reliant as possible and do it all from within.

When you’ve done everything you can to train yourself for competition, you’ll sleep well when the tournament is over, win or lose.

It's the best. And the job site isn't too bad, either.

It's hard to give a career like this up, when I tell my wife I'm going to the office, and it's the beach.

Volleyball is not like a formula so we must give players some freedom.