There are two basic situations in volleyball – either you got the ball or you don’t.
You must allow your players to become the athletes they can be. Don’t make them into anything just to become the kind of winners fans, friends and others think they must be.
There is no such thing as ‘staying in shape;’ you either work to get better, or you allow yourself to get worse.
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?’
You cannot turn your winning attitude on when you think you ‘need it.’ You must work on it every day, every practice, every match – win or lose. Focus on playing to win, not playing to lose, for there is a season of difference between the two.
Players need you to care, especially when they do not deserve it.
It is ok to err, but it is not ok to stop playing; it is ok to lose, but it is not ok to give up.
Kids on a team are like flowers in a bouquet, there is always one that wants to face a different way than the arranger desires.
Study hard, practice hard, play ferociously.
The wise coach takes all the heat when his players lose, and gives them all the credit when they win.
If there is something a coach might wish to see changed in a player or team, the first place to check and see if it could not be done better is in yourself.
A coach must sometimes see players with his heart, and hear them with his eyes.
Alter strategies and tactics, but never your principles.
Focus on winning the contest with yourself.
Shared victory is a double victory, shared defeat is half-defeat.
Most of us are referees at heart; we like to call throws and errors on someone else.
Coaches need to have the ability of tact – to teach the team to rub out mistakes rather than to rub them in.
You can be harsh on your players and still coach, but it is easier when you are kind to them.
Profit by your own mistakes and profit by the mistakes of others. The referees were calling ball handling violations like they were getting commissions.
The substitute that thinks his place below him, will certainly be below his place.