Work hard - beat out half the team. Be committed, play fair as a team player - Beat out another quarter of the team. The last quarter is your desire and beliefs, and where you are playing.

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.

He felt that his whole life was some kind of dream and he sometimes wondered whose it was and whether they were enjoying it.

my beauty, flower by flower, star by star, wave by wave, love, I have counted your body.

Woman you’re as mean as a copperhead. Come here let’s find out if you’re as cold-blooded.

Do you know how much thinking and feeling I’ve done? It’s terrible. And nothing’s come of it.

Paradise is a state of consciousness. All you have to do is purify yourself and you automatically arrive.

God is not dead; nor doth He sleep; ... The wrong shall fail, The right prevail, With peace on earth, good will to men.

Fire, fear, foes! Awake!

What people think of as the moment of discovery is really the discovery of the question.

I am in love with my La Cornue custom-made stove - it's a dream to use and my favourite part of the kitchen.

Accomplishment is such a patronizing, dangerous word, isn't it? I haven't really accomplished anything. The most accomplished thing I've done is to have lived this long - 81.