John Kessel
John Kessel
JohnKesselis an American author of science fiction and fantasy. He is a prolific short story writer, and the author of two solo novels, Good News From Outer Spaceand Corrupting Dr. Niceand one novel, Freedom Beachin collaboration with his friend James Patrick Kelly...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionAuthor
Date of Birth24 September 1950
CountryUnited States of America
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Kafka's inevitable tropism for the allegorical puts him in marked opposition to the realism that dominated the literary world of the first half of the 20th century.
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Since my first encounter with Kafka's writing, I've been interested in a quality that, while he was alive, stood in the way of his achieving a large reputation: his allegory.
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Kafka is not interested in documenting the manners and mores of any particular place; he is not interested in probing the psyche of individual characters.
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Volleyball is like going to church ... many attend, but few understand.
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Coaching is something that takes place only when learning does. No matter what you are doing in your practices, if your players are not learning something significant, you're really not coaching. If a player fails in a game, the coach may have failed in practice.
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The pessimistic coach complains about the play. The optimistic coach expects it to change. The realistic coach adjusts what he can control.
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Less effort in this game makes more results.
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Good players win volleyball games for you, not tall players.
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The sport of volleyball will never give you something that you can't handle; whether you do handle it is another question.
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In volleyball there are many reasons for errors but not a single excuse.
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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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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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There is no such thing as 'staying in shape;' you either work to get better, or you allow yourself to get worse.
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Shared victory is a double victory, shared defeat is half-defeat.