Volleyball Quotes - Page 11

• You cannot buy experience. You have to fight for it.

  Marc Wilmots

  Fighting

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• The idea that I [should] trust my eyes more than the stats, I don't buy that because I've seen magicians pull rabbits out of hats and I know that the rabbit's not in there.

  Billy Beane

  Eye, Ideas, Rabbits

  "How computer analysts took over at Britain's top football clubs" by Tim Lewis, www.theguardian.com. March 9, 2014.

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• We weren't more physical than Russia, we didn't play faster than Brazil, but we 'out-teamed' our opponents.

  Hugh McCutcheon

  Russia, Play, Brazil

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• There are no shortcuts. I approached practices the same way I approached games. You can't turn it on and off like a faucet. I couldn't dog it during practice and then, when I needed that extra push late in the game, expect it to be there. Very few people get anywhere by taking shortcuts.

  Michael Jordan

  Dog, Practice, Games

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• Play with heart; Play with passion; Play within yourself; Have fun; Play like a champion.

  Jim Tressel

  Fun, Passion, Heart

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• We've Tweeted him, we've stalked him [on] Facebook. We thought because he was so into volleyball he would have got back to us. But no luck so far.

  April Ross

  Girl, Country, Luck

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• 'Concentrate on measuring performance and winning will take care of itself'. That is a brilliant excuse for coming second.

  Clive Woodward

  Winning, Care, Brilliant

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• I don't want to be put on a pedestal. I want to be known as a nice and normal person, but my skills are a little more excelled.

  Misty May-Treanor

  Inspirational, Funny, Nice

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• I know when things are going to get me a little nervous, because nervous to me feels good.

  Misty May-Treanor

  Inspirational, Funny, Feel Good

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• We're a team, and just by the nature of our sport, we're always promoted together. I think we are definitely two different people with two different personalities, but we're always linked.

  Misty May-Treanor

  Inspirational, Funny, Sports

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• "By analogy, if we were to develop a soccer team, then we would not invite basketball and volleyball players to the try outs. We would invite soccer players to apply."

  Jean-Marie Le Pen

  Inspirational, Basketball, Soccer

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

  Jeff Boals

  Player, Practice, Needs

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• It really doesn't matter how long. If you practice with your (body), no amount is enough. If you practice with your head, two hours is plenty.

  K. Anders Ericsson

  Practice, Two, Long

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• Think positive, real volleyball happens too fast to think any other way.

  John Kessel

  Sports, Real, Thinking

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• The meaning of volleyball, is to give meaning to volleyball, as the meaning of coaching is to give meaning to coaching.

  John Kessel

  Sports, Giving, Coaching

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• Bill Walton, UH Volleyball coach, after his player kept looking at him on the bench every time the ball hit the floor...Next time you look at me I'll put you on the bench where you can see me better. My basic principle is that you don't make decisions because they are easy; you don't make them because they are cheap; you don't make them because they are popular. You make them because they are right.

  Theodore Hesburgh

  Leadership, Sports, Player

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• Besides surfing, I play tennis, volleyball, I swim, I run hills, or I do high-intensity, high-interval workouts. I'm up at 5 A.M. every day.

  Bethany Hamilton

  Running, Workout, Play

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• I love outdoor sports, like volleyball, and I play them whenever I can.

  Gisele Bundchen

  Sports, Play, I Can

  "Supermodel Secrets" by Megan Deem, www.elle.com. February 12, 2007.

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• I went to a strict elementary school with nuns, and uniforms that I'm pretty sure were made out of sandpaper. It was an academic, sports-oriented place. I liked to read, and wanted to act, and didn't try out for volleyball. I was weird. The other girls would dip my hair in ink and stuff.

  Zosia Mamet

  Girl, Sports, School

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• After the 1984 Summer Olympics, Reagan wanted to add the U.S. volleyball team to his Cabinet. He figured if they can't shove his programs down Congress' throat, nobody can.

  Bob Hope

  Funny, Summer, Team

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• I grew up playing everything from rugby, football, baseball, volleyball, bike races and boxing. I tried martial arts, loved to ride horses and I'm the youngest of three brothers, so it was a fiercely competitive family.

  Barry Pepper

  Baseball, Football, Art

  Source: collider.com

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• The more I practice, the luckier I get.

  Jerry Barber

  Sports, Golf, Practice

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• When you lose a couple of times, it makes you realize how difficult it is to win.

  Steffi Graf

  Funny, Sports, Strong Women

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• I'll let the racket do the talking.

  John McEnroe

  Funny, Sports, Athlete

  The Times (London), June 26, 1984.

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• The strength of the group is the strength of the leaders.

  Vince Lombardi

  Inspirational, Leadership, Sports

  Vince Lombardi (1998). “Seeing the Win: Why I Believe Vision Coaching is Vital to Winning Business Teams in the 21st Century”

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