5,260 Quotes About Sports

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

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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.

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    Being left-handed has its advantages in volleyball. Few people know enough about your spike and serve to give you advice.

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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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    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.

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    Never mishandle hope or self-confidence - those are elements of life, not just a game.

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    The kind of player who has turned his game around, he used to be lousy and lazy and now he is lazy and lousy.

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    The meaning of volleyball, is to give meaning to volleyball, as the meaning of coaching is to give meaning to coaching.

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