John Kessel

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Players need you to care, especially when they do not deserve it.
- John Kessel
Collection: Leadership
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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
Collection: Sports
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Use volleyball quotes to motivate your teammates to play hard.
- John Kessel
Collection: Volleyball
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Ethics is for people with full bellies.
- John Kessel
Collection: People
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If you are serious about volleyball, the only months to stop playing are those without a vowel.
- John Kessel
Collection: Sports
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You can be harsh on your players and still coach, but it is easier when you are kind to them.
- John Kessel
Collection: Sports
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The substitute that thinks his place below him, will certainly be below his place.
- John Kessel
Collection: Sports
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Work hard - beat out half the team. Be committed, play fair as a team player - Beat out another quarter of the team. The last quarter is your desire and beliefs, and where you are playing.
- John Kessel
Collection: Sports
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Coaches must be flexible, for then they won't get bent out of shape.
- John Kessel
Collection: Sports
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Most volleyball players are made in the winter, spring and summer, for come fall, everyone practices equal time.
- John Kessel
Collection: Summer
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Coaches need to have the ability of tact - to teach the team to rub out mistakes rather than to rub them in.
- John Kessel
Collection: Sports
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Nothing makes a player more productive than the last minute.
- John Kessel
Collection: Sports
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You must allow your players to become the athletes they can be. Don't make them into anything just to become the kind of winners fans, friends and others think they must be.
- John Kessel
Collection: Sports
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If there is something a coach might wish to see changed in a player or team, the first place to check and see if it could not be done better is in yourself.
- John Kessel
Collection: Leadership