Famous Quotes & Sayings

Lawrence Taylor

Hopefully the new breed of kids won't have to go through that hard lesson - my kids, my grandkids, my fans' kids, hopefully they won't have to go through it.

Lawrence Taylor

First of all, a player has to know what is banned and what is not banned.

Lawrence Taylor

I don't live that life anymore, it's as simple as that.

Lawrence Taylor

If I'm going to break them, I'm going to break them both.

Lawrence Taylor

You can take a substance that works in your system, but then you take this over here that's not banned, and this over here that's not banned, but if you mix them together, you've got a banned substance in your system.

Lawrence Taylor

Cocaine is totally different than steroids.

Lawrence Taylor

They would almost throw the cops in jail when they tried to arrest me.

Laura Wilkinson

I want to do my hard dives really well, I want to see what my true potential in this sport really is. I want to grasp that.

Laura Wilkinson

Fear has been a big battle, it runs rampant in my sport so I love to overcome that, to challenge it head on, because there is nothing that feels as accomplished as overcoming a fear, and something that has blocked you in such a big way.

Laurell K. Hamilton

How do you introduce boyfriend C to boyfriend A after boyfriend A has been such a good sport, of late, about boyfriend B, who is no longer in the picture?

Landon Donovan

The first goal is always important.

Landon Donovan

I love winning and any team I'm on, I expect to win.

Langston Hughes

When I were a young man, I used to play baseball and steal bases just like Jackie Robinson. If the empire would rule me out, I would get mad and hit the empire.

John Kessel

Trying simply provides an excuse for not doing.

John Kessel

Too many players are so afraid to do anything that they seldom venture to do anything.

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

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

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

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

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

Too many coaches have too big a mouth and not big enough ears.

John Kessel

You can be harsh on your players and still coach, but it is easier when you are kind to them.

John Kessel

Coaches need to have the ability of tact - to teach the team to rub out mistakes rather than to rub them in.

John Kessel

Never back down, never fear anyone, for the best opponents will help you to play your best.

John Kessel

It's hard for these athletes to stay healthy. They are constantly being bombarded with unhealthy advertising. Peer pressure can override the body's demand for health. Being healthy goes beyond 'not being sick' (where all lab reports indicate health), to feeling optimistic, energetic, strong and happy with their bodies. Teaching them to take charge of their bodies is a job of coaching. Help them gain discipline in conditioning, nutrition and attitude/emotional control.

John Kessel

The substitute that thinks his place below him, will certainly be below his place.

John Kessel

Don't ask yourself what you did wrong; ask yourself what you did right.

John Kessel

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

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

John Kessel

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

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

John Kessel

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

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.