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

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

Profit by your own mistakes and profit by the mistakes of others. The referees were calling ball handling violations like they were getting commissions.

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.

Play your heart out each game, so you can look your teammates in the eyes and ask, without saying it, 'I played full out, did you?'

Never mishandle hope or self-confidence - those are elements of life, not just a game.

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

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

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

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

Being left-handed has its advantages in volleyball. Few people know enough about your spike and serve to give you advice.

Contentment is natural wealth, luxury is artificial poverty.

Daring to set boundaries is about having the courage to love ourselves,  even when we risk disappointing others.

I mean Jesus never asked a man to do a damn thing that Jesus didn’t do.

...for to be sunk, though but for an hour in your esteem is a humiliation to which I know not how to submit. -Susan

I don't even know where mine [Oscar award] is. My mother has hidden it because everybody who comes in wants to take a photograph of it. So what she's done is she put it inside a suitcase somewhere.

The world is not changing if you don’t shoulder the burden of responsibility.

I lost a child," she said, meeting Lusa's eyes directly. "I thought I wouldn't live through it. But you do. You learn to love the place somebody leaves behind for you.

For the next eight and a half months, you're going to be mine. Every. Night.