Top 75 Volleyball Quotes of All Time

A short, finished list rather than an endless feed: 75 of the best volleyball quotes ever written, picked out of the full volleyball archive on QuoteForever. You will find Brooke Sweat, Gigi Hadid, Kerri Walsh Jennings and Lauren Gibbs among them.

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1

Everyone talks about age, but it's not about age. It's about work ethic. Winning never gets old.

2

I was a volleyball player as a kid. I played volleyball all the time.

3

People think we have coasted the last four years. We fought, we had a lot of battles. We've always had to battle.

4

If we control the ball, they pay.

5

It's not all rainbows and ponies.

6

It's the attitude of the players, not their skills, that is the biggest factor in determining whether you win or lose.

7

The real glory is being knocked to your knees and then coming back. That's real glory. That's the essence of it.

8

Sports have always been a big part of my life. At school, I played a lot of different sports, and I was competing with other schools. I did everything: running, volleyball, basketball, soccer, Olympic-style gymnastics, and more! My history with sports gave me good concentration, focus, strength, and motivation to stay healthy.

9

I love sports - I used to play volleyball really competitively...I went to Junior Olympic qualifiers, and I've ridden horses my whole life.

10

I've always loved being active, and I used to do sports - basketball, soccer, volleyball - growing up.

11

When I was a kid, I did many sports. Judo, like my dad, but also volleyball, handball, and gymnastics. We never played much football.

12

I played volleyball for Brown University and loved playing there. I played all four years and was captain my senior year. Second team all-Ivy, academic all-Ivy. I really loved it. When I was graduated, I figured that was it.

13

I wasn't banned from skiing but didn't go much in college because I couldn't afford it, and there just wasn't the time. I played football all winter, then in summer I did track and field and played volleyball.

14

Basketball would have been the natural sport to play, but it's a little too aggressive for me, so instead I dabbled in volleyball and some good old-fashioned Roller Derby.

15

I had been playing beach volleyball all day, painted my nails red, and threw on a green dress. I thought I looked great at the time, but looking back, I realize that my debut into Monaco society should have been better executed!

16

By analogy, if we were to develop a soccer team, then we would not invite basketball and volleyball players to the try outs. We would invite soccer players to apply.

17

I didn't want to just be an analyst for women's basketball and volleyball. I didn't just want to be a sideline reporter. I didn't just want to be a host. I wanted to be someone that my producers or coordinating producers could call on me for any event, any subject matter or any role.

18

I do a lot of mixed martial arts - it's like unlimited fighting. I do Brazilian jujutsu, beach volleyball. I don't like my routine to get stale, so I also lift kettle bells and push cars.

19

I can play basketball, run track, and play volleyball, so yeah, I've always been an athlete at heart.

20

I converted from softball. We've got volleyball, we've got track and field. Athletes come from anywhere and then convert into bobsled.

21

I got an award for Most Improved Player for volleyball in tenth grade that I cared about a lot.

22

Besides being a national level basketball champion, I have played a lot of other sports like volleyball, badminton, kho-kho, and kabbadi.

23

I collect different game hats, like Syracuse Women's Volleyball; I have a Navy Basketball hat. They're all vintage but in new condition.

24

Everyone who's great - play any sport, tennis, basketball, football, volleyball, swimming, don't matter, everyone's failed. Everyone's gonna fail. It's how you bounce back.

25

I danced for 12 years, and I played a lot team sports: basketball, volleyball.

26

I grew up on the beach, so I'm really comfortable in a bathing suit, playing volleyball, running around.

27

There's only one way to prepare for playing beach volleyball, and that's by getting in the sand.

28

Started playing indoor volleyball in 5th grade. Started playing club volleyball when I was 15. Played in high school and at Florida Gulf Coast University. Started playing beach volleyball after graduating from FGCU.

29

When it comes to beach volleyball, we're playing in 100-degree-plus weather.

30

I have been playing beach volleyball since I was 10. I'm very passionate about this game and every summer I have been practising with my friend.

31

For summer, I definitely love doing stuff outside. I love beach volleyball if you're close to something like that. It's really fun; you can do it with a lot of friends.

32

Beach volleyball has taken me all around the world.

33

Hydration is really important, particularly as a beach volleyball player.

34

The original way to play beach volleyball was in a bikini and board shorts, and I don't know what else they want us to wear.

35

All of the beach volleyball coaches and all the top players, everything is based out of Southern California.

36

In beach volleyball, there are only two of you on the court, so it's so easy for things to go south and take everything personal.

37

I would be doing anything to avoid a 9-5 job and high heels. Lifeguard, beach volleyball player, whatever.

38

I'd like to thank everyone who has given me the opportunity to play with the best beach volleyball players in the world.

39

Our loyalty is not to our grandparents, the traditions, our volleyball team, our friends; as believers, our loyalty is to Scripture.

40

I only box. It's the only thing that keeps me sane. I can't just go to the gym and run. I'd rather die. I played volleyball and rode horses my entire life, so just, like, moving to a city and having to go the gym was just, like, so weird for me.

41

I used to sleep, eat, breathe volleyball. Now I have that with my kids.

42

I was discovered by Paul Marciano of Guess when I was actually, like, two years old. And so I started with Baby Guess; I did Guess Kids, and then I stopped because I was a really competitive horseback rider and a club volleyball player. I went to Junior Olympic qualifiers for volleyball. So, I kind of stopped modeling.

43

I'd grown up an athletic child, a competitive soccer player since age 4, with stints ranging from months to years in gymnastics, softball, volleyball.

44

Maybe water polo and volleyball really help me on the court. Water polo with my one-handed passes, volleyball too, maybe when I tap passes.

45

I've always played sport, ever since I was little. I played volleyball and I believe sport teaches you a lot, such as teamwork, respect and discipline.

46

I could dunk a volleyball in high school. I didn't play football because I knew they were going to put me at a fat-guy position, and I didn't want to do that. I am athletic.

47

Flo Hyman became America's best-known volleyball player with a faulty aorta, but she did not know it.

48

You name the sport, I've played it. I was quarterback for a football team one year, played volleyball, played softball - you name it.

49

My mom is a former volleyball player.

50

I played volleyball in college. I was the girl next door, never wanted to be in the limelight.

51

I'd say I was a tomboy... I took wood shop in high school and I was very into volleyball and football, and was very unaware of anything girly for a long time.

52

Volleyball was the hardest thing I've ever had to do.

53

I grew up in a town with a great wrestling tradition. Then I was a team sport queen in high school; I played softball, volleyball, and soccer. Oh, and I also did ski racing.

54

Being 5' 10, I was supposed to be too short to play college volleyball. So that gave me the hunger and the fire to say, Oh yeah? I'd just hit the crap out of the ball.

55

My mentality has always been, If I'm not the best at something, then I might as well be the best at something else. I realized that I wasn't going to be an Olympic volleyball player, but I knew I could model at that level.

56

I did tennis for a while, and I was actually on the volleyball team for a minute.

57

When I got to high school, I was going to do sports, but I got kicked off the volleyball team because I kept missing it for musical theater.

58

I have a half-court in my house. If you saw my house, you'd think I was an NBA player. I have no golf setup at all inside, just a half-court for me and a volleyball setup for my wife, who plays.

59

Any outdoor sport like volleyball can also be played as a workout.

60

My first sport was volleyball, and then somebody told me about cross-country. They said it was outdoors, coed, and everybody got to participate. And I said, 'That is the sport for me!'

61

We are very passionate and very emotional people in Serbia. Everything we do, it is done with emotions. We are very good at sport, tennis, basketball, football ,water polo, volleyball. We always try to show this character and use it.

62

Growing up, I was always into sports - basketball and volleyball - but I wasn't really a runner.

63

My mom was a volleyball player, and my dad was a soccer player. I never thought about it, but they always served healthy food at home, and I love it, and it kind of was a regular part of my day.

64

I think all volleyball players are playing with some type of shoulder injury. You use it so much.

65

I myself am a soccer mom, a volleyball mom and a basketball mom.

66

I played volleyball, basketball, softball, and I started to love soccer the most around 7-8 years old because it was a physical game. I could use my speed and strength to my advantage.

67

I was really into sports, playing track and field, amateur wrestling, volleyball, and soccer. I was a very active kid and teenager.

68

I tried everything from basketball to volleyball to soccer, but dancing was the only thing I never complained about.

69

I played volleyball and basketball, and I did track and volleyball in college.

70

My parents have been volleyball players, and my dad is an Arjuna awardee in volleyball.

71

I played volleyball and basketball and would also take part in dramatics.

72

Volleyball was a lot of fun, but I knew it wasn't my sport.

73

When my daughter played volleyball in school, they were the Wildcats. Well, there are about a million Wildcats. Why don't you come up with another name?

74

I'm a volleyball player, so I like Lycra and Spandex.

75

I usually play volleyball three times a week.

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