There is no such thing as 'staying in shape;' you either work to get better, or you allow yourself to get worse.

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.

And I will never again underestimate the power of anticipation. There is no better boost in the present than an invitation into the future.

Applause is a receipt, not a note of demand.

You know one little way in which baseball changes us? We don't even think twice about Japanese names anymore. You know what I mean?

I have the normal desire, experienced by everybody who's ever flown an airplane with a certain amount of zoom capability, to go a little bit higher and a little bit faster.

Okay, Shane," Agnes said as Brenda's clock gonged midnight. "I got Joey in the kitchen, a cop in the front hall, a dead body in the basement, and you in my bedroom. Where do you want to start?

Perhaps it is historically true that no order of society ever perishes save by its own hand.

To escape jury duty in England, wear a bowler hat and carry a copy of the Daily telegraph.

I think somehow I got a sense of the foolishness of the human - my favorite phrase, the foolishness of the human condition.

It is the essence of dignity to pretend to desire what you cannot prevent.

Grief rolled across the space between us like a wash of salt water.