Quotes About Volleyball

Hydration is really important, particularly as a beach volleyball player.

I played volleyball for Brown University and loved playing there. I played all four years and was captain my senior year. Second team all-Ivy, academic all-Ivy. I really loved it. When I was graduated, I figured that was it.

I played volleyball in college. I was the girl next door, never wanted to be in the limelight.

Japan is one of my favorite places to play. Not just because they love volleyball, but the people are so nice and they're so clean and organized.

I'm losing money by being here. But in the long run, we're happy we chose to stay. I would not be helping American volleyball if I was over in Italy.

For lack of a better calling, I just figured my dad's a doctor. He seems to enjoy what he does, so I had my eye on playing volleyball in college, maybe a tiny bit after, but then going to medical school and becoming a doctor.

Basketball would have been the natural sport to play, but it's a little too aggressive for me, so instead I dabbled in volleyball and some good old-fashioned Roller Derby.

I do a lot of mixed martial arts - it's like unlimited fighting. I do Brazilian jujutsu, beach volleyball. I don't like my routine to get stale, so I also lift kettle bells and push cars.

Growing up, I was always into sports - basketball and volleyball - but I wasn't really a runner.

I'd grown up an athletic child, a competitive soccer player since age 4, with stints ranging from months to years in gymnastics, softball, volleyball.

I grew up on the beach, so I'm really comfortable in a bathing suit, playing volleyball, running around.

The original way to play beach volleyball was in a bikini and board shorts, and I don't know what else they want us to wear.

I've always played sport, ever since I was little. I played volleyball and I believe sport teaches you a lot, such as teamwork, respect and discipline.

When my daughter played volleyball in school, they were the Wildcats. Well, there are about a million Wildcats. Why don't you come up with another name?

When I got to high school, I was going to do sports, but I got kicked off the volleyball team because I kept missing it for musical theater.

Started playing indoor volleyball in 5th grade. Started playing club volleyball when I was 15. Played in high school and at Florida Gulf Coast University. Started playing beach volleyball after graduating from FGCU.

Beach volleyball has taken me all around the world.

I think all volleyball players are playing with some type of shoulder injury. You use it so much.

I got an award for Most Improved Player for volleyball in tenth grade that I cared about a lot.

I come from the University of Nebraska where volleyball is very well-known.

I'm not going to play volleyball until the retirement age.

The men's game probably has a little more power to it, so the rallies aren't quite as long. Some people prefer that power and other people prefer the somewhat-longer rallies that tend to happen in women's volleyball.

Here I am, 11 years old, and these grown men have to give it everything they have to beat me. In one part of my life, I was standing toe-to-toe with grown men. It was a great feeling. My dad gave me that gift and volleyball gave me that gift.

From the mid-'70s to the mid-'90s, that was the golden age of the beach volleyball mystique. I was absolutely mesmerized by the best players of that time.