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

The best and fastest way to learn a sport is to watch and imitate a champion.

Being a professional means doing your job on the days you don't want to do it

I got the nickname Spitfire for a reason - I burned inside to play volleyball.

Being a part of success is more important than being personally indispensable.

I was captain of the volleyball team and the basketball team, and I ran track.

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

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

I played volleyball for the greater part of my life, since I was 11 or 12 years.

Having the capacity to lead is not enough. The leader must be willing to use it.

The guy that designed girls' volleyball uniforms definitely never had daughters.

There's zero correlation between being the best talker and having the best ideas.

Adversity, if you allow it to, will fortify you and make you the best you can be.

When you lose a couple of times, it makes you realize how difficult it is to win.

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

If you burn your neighbors house down, it doesn't make your house look any better.

Sometimes it is more important to discover what one cannot do, than what one can do.

There are two basic situations in volleyball - either you got the ball or you don't.

You have to work hard AND well. There are a lot of people who work hard but not well.

The minute you start talking about what you're going to do if you lose, you have lost.

It takes courage not only to make decisions, but to live with those decisions afterward

Show class, have pride, and display character. If you do, winning takes care of itself.

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

Once I got past my anger toward my mother, I began to excel in volleyball and modeling.

When you want to win a game, you have to teach. When you lose a game, you have to learn.

Destiny is as destiny does. If you believe you have no control, then you have no control.

Play with heart; Play with passion; Play within yourself; Have fun; Play like a champion.

I know when things are going to get me a little nervous, because nervous to me feels good.

It's lack of faith that makes people afraid of meeting challenges, and I believed in myself.

It isn't hard to be good from time to time in sports. What is tough, is being good every day.

I've never predicted anything. All I have ever said is, that we will do the very best we can.

The achievements of an organization are the results of the combined effort of each individual.

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

If you are serious about volleyball, the only months to stop playing are those without a vowel.

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

The good Lord gave you a body that can stand most anything. It's your mind you have to convince.

The structure of your practice is the main reason for your success or lack of success as a coach

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

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

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

No matter how far life pushes you down, no matter how much you hurt, you can always bounce back.

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

Demonstration of individual talent involves originality and it is easy to destroy natural talent.

I wouldn't be the best offensive player if I didn't have a great setter. She serves me up nectar.

Competing in sports has taught me that if I'm not willing to give 120 percent, somebody else will.

My assistants and I often would spend more time planning a practice than the actual practice itself

Kids are pretty resilient. You don't have to be at every volleyball game. We can't guilt ourselves.

There's no such thing as coulda, shoulda, or woulda. If you shoulda and coulda, you woulda done it.

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

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

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