Volleyball Player Quotes

Karch inspired his partners, his opponents and the world of volleyball players to be better than they were, to be great ... In the end, who could do more for a sport than that? ~ Mike Dodd

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

It takes a lot of hard work and dedication just like any pro sport. Especially for beach volleyball you don't have to be tall or as fast as other sports. You just have to have the skills. ~ Misty May-Treanor

My mentality has always been, If I'm not the best at something, then I might as well be the best at something else. I realized that I wasn't going to be an Olympic volleyball player, but I knew I could model at that level. ~ Gigi Hadid

Flo Hyman became America's best-known volleyball player with a faulty aorta, but she did not know it. ~ George Vecsey

Good players win volleyball games for you, not tall players. ~ John Kessel

The (volleyball) player is not a soloist, but a member of an orchestra. When that player begins to think, 'Im special,' (The player) is finished. ~ Bernardo Rezende

I wouldn't be the best offensive player if I didn't have a great setter. She serves me up nectar. ~ Misty May-Treanor

I'm not just a model who plays volleyball, or a volleyball player who supports herself modeling. I'm a female athlete personality. ~ Gabrielle Reece

Every player should take 5 minutes to themselves before practice and mentally lock into what needs to be done. ~ Jeff Boals

I was a volleyball player as a kid. I played volleyball all the time. ~ Danny Strong

I used to sleep, eat, breathe volleyball. Now I have that with my kids. ~ Kerri Walsh

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. - ~ John Kessel

I would prefer to tell a young player what to do than how to do it. ~ Greg Chappell

We don't have a World Series or a Super Bowl, so to be able to come home with a gold medal is amazing. I want to do it again in four more years. ~ Kerri Walsh

After a while, your coaching development ceases to be about finding newer ways to organize practice. In other words, you soon stop collecting drills. Your development as a coach shifts to observing how great coaches teach, motivate, lead, and drive players to performances at higher and higher levels ~ Anson Dorrance

We scored a goal and defended until the end with great spirit. We have a lot of young players and I hope we can keep on like this. ~ Lorik Cana

Kenyon Martin is the 2nd best player in the Eastern Conference. ~ Bill Walton

I think, in general, the sports I've enjoyed covering the most have been the offbeat ones. The more popular, mainstream, the less I like them because they're more, they're more structured and the players don't have much interesting to say because they're interviewed all the time. ~ Mitch Albom

Of course, Steven Gerrard is one of only a few Liverpool players who never get left out by Rafa; and even he doesn't always get picked. ~ David Pleat

Do you remember one year when that player - Leeroy something - actually got drafted into the Stormchasers, even though he always just charged in and messed up his entire team's play? My God, he was terrible. ~ Marie Lu

Commenting on baseball players who test positive for steroids: It?s an announced test, so you not only failed the steroid test, you failed the IQ test. ~ Bob Costas

If you can defend, counter-attack and take the initiative then you become a more dangerous player. ~ Jo Durie

Paul Konerko is one of the greatest players in White Sox history, not only for his strength and performance on the field, but also for his heart and leadership off the field. ~ Jerry Reinsdorf

I don't look at records, that's not why I'm playing the game. Goals, of course. Every player in my position wants to score goals. But most of all, trophies. My target is always to win trophies for Barcelona, and that will always be my motivation, to win things. Nothing feels better than doing that as a team. ~ Lionel Messi

Who wasn't squatting in one of the handful of prefabricated subject positions proffered by capital or whatever you wanted to call it, lying every time she said "I"; who wasn't a bit player in a looped infomercial for the damaged life? ~ Ben Lerner

Models are like baseball players. We make a lot of money quickly, but all of a sudden we're 30 years old, we don't have a college education, we're qualified for nothing, and we're used to a very nice lifestyle. The best thing is to marry a movie star. ~ Cindy Crawford

I just try to be myself, whatever that is. I don't think about how I'll be remembered. I just want to be consistent over a long period of time. That's what the great players do. ~ Dan Marino

To succeed in life one must have determination and must be prepared to suffer during the process. If one isn't prepared to suffer during adversities, I don't really see how he can be successful. ~ Gary Player

Often it feels like we are at a home match when we have so many fans there. The singing, the cheering helps the players.
(on Chelsea playing on the road) ~ John Terry

Why are baseball managers the only coaches who dress up like the players? ~ Jay Mohr

If you quit ONCE it becomes a habit.Never quit!!! ~ Michael Jordan

When God looks at sin, what he sees is what a violin maker would see if the player were to use his lovely creation as a tennis racquet. ~ Tom Wright

Messi or Ronaldo best player in the world? In the world, I would say Ronaldo. Messi is from another planet. ~ Arda Turan

At nineteen I was pretty sure I was going to be a professional soccer player. At that time I played for one of the Norwegian premier leagues. But I tore ligaments in both knees, so I started studying business administration and economics and became a financial analyst, and I worked at a brokerage firm as a stockbroker. ~ Jo Nesbo

An important documentary that sheds light on one of the most terrifying realities in the U.S. today - the commercial sexual exploitation of young girls. TRICKED is a comprehensive portrait of all the players in this human rights abuse: survivors, traffickers, johns and cops. Everyone should see this film. ~ Rachel Lloyd

As one of nine men, DiMaggio is the best player that ever lived. ~ Connie Mack

What you are as a person is far more important than what you are as a basketball player. ~ John Wooden

We should because when coaches get fired, the players have a lot to do with it. ~ Allen Iverson

It's not that difficult to play well and win titles in a team like Barcelona, but it's in the national side where you see a player's true class. That was the case with figures like Pele, Diego Maradona and Zinedine Zidane. With Spain, Iniesta has shown that he is among the best players of all time and that's why I rate him higher than Messi or Ronaldo. Even though the latter two have incredible scoring records for their clubs, they still haven't won anything with Argentina or Portugal respectively. ~ Boris Becker

I've heard of people stopping their cars, having car wrecks, all kinds of things. But most of the banjo players I know had that moment when they heard Earl Scruggs. So, for me, it transcends the technique. It's the musician in him and his personality, his musical personality, such great taste, such great technique, very, very creative. ~ Earl Scruggs

But I'm confident that my work - and the work of my staff - with our many young players over the last two years will begin to pay off for Mr. Taylor and Timberwolves fans. Now, as important new players are added to the mix, the future of this franchise should be a bright one, and I am thankful for the chance I had, to play a part in shaping that future. ~ Kurt Rambis

To stay a great singer or guitar player, you've got to do it 24/7. That's what I do. ~ Sammy Hagar

When I play, I open up. I'm in the heat of the performance and it's a healing thing. It's great! It's like a spiritual elevation that occurs when you're playing and becoming one with the instrument or players on the stage. It takes on this incredible feeling of levitating and the molecules spin differently in the moment. ~ Matt Nathanson

I mistrust these people in music industry who can be everybody. This is where technology dictates to them. I mistrust that, that in somehow the chips capture the soul of a player, that's patent nonsense. ~ Elvis Costello

I think these awards are always nice for a player but they also reflect well on the club. It shows that Arsenal's performance have been noted all around the world and it helps by having so many good players around me. ~ Dennis Bergkamp

I loved the glamour and excitement of the games and, in particular, knowing the names of each and every one of the referees - that's because my mom, a former basketball player, would yell at them from our front-row seats for making bad calls! ~ Hannah Storm

Tom Hanks is a huge superstar. And people tell me he's a very nice guy, not arrogant, not an entitlement guy. But very quietly, Mr. Hanks has become a left-wing power player in Hollywood. ~ Bill O'Reilly

I'm not a good poker player, but I've got one bluffing technique - as long as you're quick with the blinds, you're fine. ~ Sienna Guillory

Effectively, it makes the greasepaint permanent, blurring the lines not only between public and private but also between the authentic and contrived self. If all the world was once a stage, it has now become a reality TV show: we mere players are not just aware of the camera; we mug for it. ~ Peggy Orenstein

So say I'm your mom.'
'What?' I said.
'I'm your mom,' he repeated. 'Now tell me you want to quit modeling.'
I could feel myself blushing. 'I can't do that,' I said.
'Why not?' he asked. 'Is it so hard to believe? You think I'm not a good role-player?'
'No,' I said. 'It's just–'
'Because I am. Everyone wanted me to be their mother in group.'
I just looked at him. 'I just… It's weird.'
'No, it's hard. But not impossible. Just try it.'
A week earlier, I hadn't even known what color his eyes were. Now, we were family. At least temporarily. ~ Sarah Dessen

Far more people make a living as professional chess players today than ever before. Thanks partly to the availability of computer programs and online matches, there has been a mini-boom in chess interest among young people in many countries. ~ Kenneth Rogoff

I played a bass player and a singer in a movie once, but I totally lip-synced to everything. ~ Jessica Pare

See others' slights or outright insults as opportunities to show equanimity, spurring observers to do the same, unified with you around a best side of us. Opportunity Makers demonstrate that being a strong team player is as important as being the leader. Think well of yourself. The subconscious can't take a joke. ~ Kare Anderson