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There are three choices in life and sport - either you do it, you don't do it or you think about it. Most humans think about it. We will do it.
John Kessel
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John Kessel
Age: 74
Born: 1950
Born: September 24
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John Joseph Vincent Kessel
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Profit by your own mistakes and profit by the mistakes of others. The referees were calling ball handling violations like they were getting commissions.
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Don't ask yourself what you did wrong ask yourself what you did right.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Never back down, never fear anyone, for the best opponents will help you to play your best.
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Most of us are referees at heart we like to call throws and errors on someone else.
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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.
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Coaches need to have the ability of tact - to teach the team to rub out mistakes rather than to rub them in.
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There are two basic situations in volleyball - either you got the ball or you don't.
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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.
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Shared victory is a double victory, shared defeat is half-defeat.
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The substitute that thinks his place below him, will certainly be below his place.
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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?'
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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.
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A coach must sometimes see players with his heart, and hear them with his eyes.
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Too many players are so afraid to do anything that they seldom venture to do anything.
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Trying simply provides an excuse for not doing.
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