John Kessel Quotes About Sports

Quotes about: Sports

• Volleyball is like going to church ... many attend, but few understand.

  John Kessel

  Sports, Volleyball, Church

• No jockey ever won a race by carrying the horse across the finish line; no coach ever won a volleyball match by touching the ball during play.

  John Kessel

  Sports, Volleyball, Horse

• Coaching is something that takes place only when learning does. No matter what you are doing in your practices, if your players are not learning something significant, you're really not coaching. If a player fails in a game, the coach may have failed in practice.

  John Kessel

  Sports, Player, Practice

• Too many coaches have too big a mouth and not big enough ears.

  John Kessel

  Sports, Ears, Mouths

• Nothing makes a player more productive than the last minute.

  John Kessel

  Sports, Player, Lasts

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

  John Kessel

  Sports, Heart, Errors

• The wise coach takes all the heat when his players lose, and gives them all the credit when they win.

  John Kessel

  Sports, Wise, Winning

• False teammates are like our shadows. They keep close to us when we are all walking in the sunshine, but they are gone the instant we just go into the shade, let alone the darkness.

  John Kessel

  Sports, Sunshine, Darkness

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

  John Kessel

  Sports, Volleyball, Winning

• Too many players are so afraid to do anything that they seldom venture to do anything.

  John Kessel

  Sports, Player, Venture

• You can be harsh on your players and still coach, but it is easier when you are kind to them.

  John Kessel

  Sports, Player, Kind

• Less effort in this game makes more results.

  John Kessel

  Sports, Games, Effort

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

  John Kessel

  Sports, Victory, Half

• Study hard, practice hard, play ferociously.

  John Kessel

  Sports, Practice, Play

• If you are serious about volleyball, the only months to stop playing are those without a vowel.

  John Kessel

  Sports, Volleyball, Vowels

• In volleyball there are many reasons for errors but not a single excuse.

  John Kessel

  Sports, Volleyball, Errors

• Never underestimate your players; they can do it with enough game-like practice. Coaches must put more emphasis in practice and in life on making student-athletes aware of what they could or can do, rather than what they couldn't or presently can't do. The focus must be on solutions, not problems; what is wanted, not what is feared.

  John Kessel

  Sports, Athlete, Player

• Coaches need to have the ability of tact - to teach the team to rub out mistakes rather than to rub them in.

  John Kessel

  Sports, Mistake, Team

• Most volleyball players are made in the winter, spring and summer, for come fall, everyone practices equal time.

  John Kessel

  Summer, Sports, Volleyball

• Focus on winning the contest with yourself.

  John Kessel

  Sports, Winning, Focus

• The pessimistic coach complains about the play. The optimistic coach expects it to change. The realistic coach adjusts what he can control.

  John Kessel

  Sports, Optimistic, Play

• 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.

  John Kessel

  Sports, Thinking, Choices

• 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.

  John Kessel

  Sports, Mistake, Simple

• Never back down, never fear anyone, for the best opponents will help you to play your best.

  John Kessel

  Sports, Play, Opponents

• Coaches must be flexible, for then they won't get bent out of shape.

  John Kessel

  Sports, Shapes, Bent

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