This collection of inspirational sayings by professional volleyball players are the result of experience, hard work and sacrifice in each athlete's attempt to follow their dreams and to reach their goals.
Professional volleyball players are athletes who started exactly where you are starting now...at the beginning when the struggle was real.
They had to go through the process of learning how to be confident in their playing abilities and being comfortable with facing their fears.
They had to grow their confidence and strengthen their mental game by continuously making mistakes.
Why not learn from people and players who have gone through your experience and who have more in common with you?
So here's my thing, how do you get confidence?
How do you build it so that you can stand on the court and face the other team with no fear.
Check out these inspiring volleyball quotes from famous players on building confidence and developing your mental game.
"I've always felt I'm here to do something special. I know I can do it. Not to sound cocky or anything but that doesn't mean I never doubted myself. "
-Courtney Thompson
There are always moments when I say "Are you kidding me am I really doing this? But I always felt like I could. "
-Courtney Thompson
"For girls naturally in today's society confidence is the biggest problem.
Either they don't have any or they don't have the right kind or they aren't secure...or they think they need to be 'this" because so and so says so or whatever...
-Courtney Thompson
As a girl being on a team (or if you are just playing the sport) it teaches you those lessons before you are out in the real world.
It teaches you how to work for something...it teaches so many things..."
-Courtney Thompson
Source: Confidence in Volleyball video by Allison Wood
“My mental game was not very strong,”
“At the beginning, I was beating myself up over it. There was a lot of pressure that I put on myself through that, [pressure] about performing and meeting expectations.”
-Sarah Wilhite
“I had to go through those experiences [of not playing] to figure it out,” Wilhite said.
“The huge shift for me was getting rid of the fear and pressures, and just being able to focus on the actual technique. Whereas if I would have played right away, I don’t know if I would have seen that barrier.”
-Sarah Wilhite
Source: Skiumah Magazine
“Honestly, I feel like I am still working on it. I think it is something that can always be improved.
Jim (Jim McLaughlin, former Washington Huskies coach) always says the mind is the athlete, the body is just the means, so I am just learning to control my mind and control my thoughts in order for me to perform better.”
-Krista Vansant
“I think it just goes back to mental toughness and knowing how to talk myself through games, knowing what to say to myself so I don’t start thinking negatively. I’ve learned to play outside myself and just let my instincts come.
I think it’s just mental toughness and preparation for each match.”
-Krista Vansant
Forever a Husky
— Washington Athletics (@UWAthletics) November 7, 2017
By Krista Vansant #KV16
>> https://t.co/QaMYzPbvey pic.twitter.com/ZHz6b28BaJ
"Its not a right to be an athlete its a privilege to be an athlete, I feel the same about being a coach. It's a privilege to be a coach. How are you going to handle your responsibility. "
-Russ Rose
Source : Art of Coaching Volleyball
Source: Liberty Mutual Insurance
I stay focused under pressure by
1. Praying
2. Always looking to my teammates
"I think a lot of athletes feel like you have to be looking at the coach..when in reality the coach is not on the court with you.
So its better to stay together as a team. A lot of athletes are known to drift away in their own little islands as people say. But its better to stay together and Be Positive!
Fake it to make it."
-Destinee Hooker. USA Volleyball, Olympic Silver Medalist
‼️‼️Happy Birthday to one of my all time favorites of the game ‼️‼️ @destineehooker pic.twitter.com/6fSc5ScyCj
— Becca West (@West_15_97) September 7, 2017
“I know what my goals are and I don’t want to minimize what I want, and I believe in April [Ross] and I so much.”
-Kerri Walsh Jennings, Three-time Olympic gold medalist and Bronze medalist
“People always say, ‘Do you think about losing?’
And what I say is, ‘I don’t even spend one second thinking about that.’”
-Kerri Walsh Jennings, Three-time Olympic gold medalist and Bronze medalist
“I believe myself to be a humble person and I know April is very much a humble athlete, but I think it’s important to put it in words and to put it out there. It reaffirms the goal, it reaffirms the mission and it reaffirms the fact that you have confidence in yourself.”
-Kerri Walsh Jennings, Three-time Olympic gold medalist and Bronze medalist
Source: Liberty Mutual Insurance
“I think she’s getting more and more comfortable saying it out loud. I know she believes that and her self-talk is that, but it’s another thing saying it out loud...”
-Kerri Walsh Jennings, Three-time Olympic gold medalist and Bronze medalist
"True confidence comes from within"
-Kerri Walsh Jennings, Three-time Olympic gold medalist and Bronze medalist
"Confidence comes from the way you talk to yourself"
-Kerri Walsh Jennings, Three-time Olympic gold medalist and Bronze medalist
SOURCE: espnw
"True confidence comes from within" -Kerri Walsh #LoveYou #TeamPolina #USA
— cpowepowe (@clare_powers) January 31, 2014
Kerri Walsh: "Confidence comes from the way you talk to yourself." #espnWsummit @oakleywomen
— Marly Ellis (@marlyellis) October 3, 2012
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