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.

Practice like it's competition and compete like it's another day on the practice court.

I never did. I only prepared to win the next day.

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

I didn't want to use anything as a crutch and ever have excuses heading into a match.

It's a serve and pass game.

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

Most people put a hat and glasses on to go incognito. I take them off.

Playing against better competition makes you better and more focused, so you can do what you have to, to win.

I played a kid's game, I got to do it at the beach, and I was able to support my family. I consider myself incredibly lucky.

Physically I'm not as strong as I was, but I try to make up for it mentally. It's a big challenge, and I relish it, competing with guys half my age.

Beauty, coveted though it was, could not outlive you. Only actions would.

Happiness often sneaks through doors you didn't even know were open

We have to achieve what we can, and if we haven't yet learned that we are not always going to get our way this could be frustrating.

Nowadays, everybody wanna be weird. We know how to manifest being weird.

Twitter is a lot like crystal meth, because it's really fun to do and Oprah's on it.

We need to have faith in the future to make sense of the present.

Once you start doing something bad, then it's easy to take the next step - and in the end, you're a moral sewer.

When we play games, our brains respond differently to stress and obstacles. We're better able to control our attention and ignore distractions.

When I'm actually assembling a scene, I assemble it as a silent movie. Even if it's a dialog scene, I lip read what people are saying.

Outstanding long-term results are produced primarily by avoiding dumb decisions, rather than by making brilliant ones.