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?' John Kessel More Quotes by John Kessel More Quotes From John Kessel The pessimistic coach complains about the play. The optimistic coach expects it to change. The realistic coach adjusts what he can control. John Kessel optimisticplaysports Most of us are referees at heart; we like to call throws and errors on someone else. John Kessel errorsheartsports Shared victory is a double victory, shared defeat is half-defeat. John Kessel victoryhalfsports The meaning of volleyball, is to give meaning to volleyball, as the meaning of coaching is to give meaning to coaching. John Kessel volleyballsportsgiving There are two basic situations in volleyball - either you got the ball or you don't. John Kessel volleyballsportstwo Nothing makes a player more productive than the last minute. John Kessel lastsplayersports Coaches need to have the ability of tact - to teach the team to rub out mistakes rather than to rub them in. John Kessel teammistakesports You can be harsh on your players and still coach, but it is easier when you are kind to them. John Kessel kindplayersports Too many coaches have too big a mouth and not big enough ears. John Kessel mouthsearssports Don't ask yourself what you did wrong; ask yourself what you did right. John Kessel askssports The kind of player who has turned his game around, he used to be lousy and lazy and now he is lazy and lousy. John Kessel playergamessports No jockey ever won a race by carrying the horse across the finish line; no coach ever won a volleyball match by touching the ball during play. John Kessel volleyballhorsesports Profit by your own mistakes and profit by the mistakes of others. The referees were calling ball handling violations like they were getting commissions. John Kessel ballsmistakesports If you are serious about volleyball, the only months to stop playing are those without a vowel. John Kessel vowelsvolleyballsports False teammates are like our shadows. They keep close to us when we are all walking in the sunshine, but they are gone the instant we just go into the shade, let alone the darkness. John Kessel sunshinedarknesssports Ethics is for people with full bellies. John Kessel bellyethicspeople You have to learn every day. You can't be playing every day, but you can be practicing. If you cannot be practicing with a net and others daily, you still can be learning about the game by reading, watching and imaging. You must learn every day, if you want to be a real volleyball player. John Kessel volleyballrealreading Use volleyball quotes to motivate your teammates to play hard. John Kessel volleyballplay-harduse The substitute that thinks his place below him, will certainly be below his place. John Kessel substitutessportsthinking 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
