Alter strategies and tactics, but never your principles. John Kessel More Quotes by John Kessel More Quotes From John Kessel Never underestimate your players; they can do it with enough game-like practice. Coaches must put more emphasis in practice and in life on making student-athletes aware of what they could or can do, rather than what they couldn't or presently can't do. The focus must be on solutions, not problems; what is wanted, not what is feared. John Kessel athleteplayersports Teachers all over the nation are doing the job they are asked to do, but one they are not really prepared to do. To teach volleyball as a physical activity that is also a positive experience. If you care about volleyball, help these teachers have fun and learn more of this great game. Teach the teachers. John Kessel volleyballteachersports An advantage to volleyball is that you have a scoreboard to tell how you have done as a team. The thing is, in life there is no scoreboard, at least not one that you can see. John Kessel volleyballteamsports Perform the best you can for when you find that you perform your best, there is still so much more in volleyball to do better, harder, faster, and smarter. It is just like when you go for a long journey. You go as far as you can see, and when you get there, you can see farther. John Kessel volleyballjourneysports Coaches and players at the start must think their way through problems where a more experienced person would react out of habit and memory. One must not gain this experience, however, without being careful of empty redundancy. Do not fall into the error of the artist who boasts of 20 years of experience at his craft while, in fact, all he has had is one year - 20 times. John Kessel sportsmemoriesfall 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. John Kessel athleteplayersports There is no such thing as 'staying in shape;' you either work to get better, or you allow yourself to get worse. John Kessel get-bettershapessports 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. John Kessel giving-upleadershipsports Players need you to care, especially when they do not deserve it. John Kessel playerleadershipsports I am here to give my players the little push they need, just like they needed long ago, when first learning the art of the swing. All you needed then was a little push, and quickly you were pumping away, flying higher and higher, without any more help from the 'coach.' John Kessel playersportsart A coach must sometimes see players with his heart, and hear them with his eyes. John Kessel eyeheartsports Trying simply provides an excuse for not doing. John Kessel excusetryingsports Make your mistakes with confidence. It is the only way you are going to learn anything. Never be afraid to do a skill, no matter how simple or hard it may seem someone has done it, and so can you, With enough committed practice and confidence. John Kessel simplemistakesports Most volleyball players are made in the winter, spring and summer, for come fall, everyone practices equal time. John Kessel volleyballsummersports Coaches must be flexible, for then they won't get bent out of shape. John Kessel bentshapessports 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. John Kessel teamhard-worksports 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. John Kessel teamleadershipsports There must be a dozen films now based on Philip K. Dick novels or stories, far more than any other published science fiction writer. He's sort of become the go-to guy for weird science fiction notions. John Kessel weirdmorebecomescience I don't know if this is a stumbling block, but I had a real setback when I won a Nebula Award for the first story I ever had nominated for a Nebula in 1982. And you might think that was a good thing - and it was a wonderful thing, I don't regret it a bit. But I was sort of discombobulated by it. John Kessel awardgoodyouregret One of the influences of Kafka over later writers is not so much in the content of his work as in its form. John Kessel contenthisoverwork
