Trying simply provides an excuse for not doing.

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.

When I am with others, they are my teachers. I can select their good points and follow them, and select their bad points and avoid them.

When somebody dies we usually need reasons for consolation, not so much to alleviate our pain as to excuse ourselves for so readily feeling consoled.

Every now and then if you try, you can discover something new.

My father instilled in me a love for racing.

Each of us is a seed, a silent promise, and it is always Spring.

Sometimes you need to get hit in the head to realize that you're in a fight.

When a man is at his wits' end it is not a cowardly thing to pray, it is the only way he can get in touch with Reality.

Human life without some form of poetry is not human life but animal existence.

But before and after the Mongol upheaval, the Khazars sent many offshoots into the unsubdued Slavonic lands, helping ultimately to build up the great Jewish centers of eastern Europe.

Love is not selective, desire is selective. In love there are no strangers.