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.

Volleyball is like going to church ... many attend, but few understand.

Profit by your own mistakes and profit by the mistakes of others. The referees were calling ball handling violations like they were getting commissions.

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.

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?'

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

Good players win volleyball games for you, not tall players.

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

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

Most of us are referees at heart; we like to call throws and errors on someone else.

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

Smiling at someone can have significant health consequences.

Hotel rooms inhabit a separate moral universe.

Perhaps the greatest importance of the family, in these days of contraceptives, is that it preserves the habit of having children.

It is impossible to love and to be wise.

You could stab a knife right through my heart and you'd be too late.

Being a godly father requires much perseverance and prayer as we seek God's guidance in being the types of fathers He wants us to be.

Not to know what happened before means to remain forever a child.

But I loved making Eat Pray Love, and I loved working with Julia Roberts.

I'm not playing with death, I'm playing with life.