Top 37 Kerri Walsh Quotes
#1. We don't have a World Series or a Super Bowl, so to be able to come home with a gold medal is amazing. I want to do it again in four more years.
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#2. Adversity, if you allow it to, will fortify you and make you the best you can be.
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#3. But they've [my children] made me better. They hold me more accountable for who I am and who I aspire to be, and they make me want to be better. And that's not just as a mommy, but as a woman and as an athlete.
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#4. A true competitor works the hardest, cares the most, and makes the best of what they have.
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#5. It's the best thing in the world, the most challenging thing in the world, being a parent, and one of the first lessons I learned was to ask for help.
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#6. My support system, in my surgeon, my P.T., my pilates, my weightlifting, everything that I'm doing to make my body and my mind stronger is just, you know, has been on point. So I feel very prepared for the journey to qualify, and the journey to wear the gold medal.
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#7. And it's given me great perspective. It makes me really focused and efficient, which - I was focused before I had babies but I wasted a lot of time. Prior to having babies I thought I thought I was so busy and now I realize just how ignorant I was.
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#8. I think the No. 1 thing that helps me get through every single day is the support of my friends and my family.
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#9. We had two goals ... One was to cherish every moment together, cherish the journey because the journey allows you to learn and grow. The other was to win a gold medal.
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#10. When I'm sore, ice is my best friend. It really works. I take omega-3s every day, which helps with inflammation. And I try to eat things that won't inflame my joints, like fresh fruits and veggies, lean protein, and seafood.
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#11. I love that our sport is sexy. I think it is appropriately so.
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#12. People think we have coasted the last four years. We fought, we had a lot of battles. We've always had to battle.
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#13. That wall is your mind playing tricks on you. You just need to say, 'One more step, I can do this. I have more in me.' You'll be so proud of yourself once you push yourself past your threshold.
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#15. [Nutrition] is a huge piece of the puzzle. It's not just about working hard and being physical. It's about being smart and mindful of what's going in and out of our bodies.
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#16. I don't want to be better than you or her or him - I want to be better than I am right now
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#17. The advice I will give my children, if and when they have Olympic aspirations, will be to go for it.
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#18. I switched from indoor to beach I had been playing indoor for 12 years. And, to be honest, to make a living indoors you have to go overseas. I am such a family girl and just wanted to be home, so that didn't appeal to me.
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#19. Growing up, Michael Jordan was my Olympic hero.
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#20. At some point you're like, gosh, this rehab is never going to end, and then all of a sudden I'm full strength and I'm about to go to my first competition. So I feel really great.
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#21. Breathe, believe, and battle.' My former coach, Troy Tanner, told us that before each match. Breathe-be in the moment. Believe-have faith that you can rise above it. Battle-you gotta be prepared to go for as long as it takes.
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#23. I'm doing mental training as well. So, you know, body, mind, and spirit - everything is being addressed, every single day. Generally I'll have three training sessions a day.
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#24. We have to fight the entire time, we can't start at the end when it's getting down to crunch time. We can't leave anything on the floor.
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#25. My mom is a constant in my life in so many ways.
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#26. You have to rely on your support system. Growing up, I always thought it was a sign of weakness to ask for help, but now I realize it's really a sign of strength to say, 'I need help, I can't do it all.'
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#27. Passion is a huge prerequisite to winning. It makes you willing to jump through hoops, go through all the ups and downs and everything in between to reach your goal.
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#28. The balancing act of motherhood and a career, and being a wife, is something that I don't think I'll ever perfect, but I love the challenge of it.
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#29. I take my role as an ambassador for the sport, and as a role model for boys, girls, mommies, daddies - whoever it is - very, very seriously. I know the impact my role models have had in my life, and I'm in a really beautiful position to be able to be that for others.
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#31. You touch every other ball and, if you screw up, you only have one more person to back you up. You can't go hide in the corner.
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#32. What's not to love about us! People got to know Misty and me in Athens. We've continued to be successful and continued to connect with the fans. I promise we're going to be tough to get rid of.
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#33. I used to sleep, eat, breathe volleyball. Now I have that with my kids.
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#34. We were very aggressive, and when we're aggressive, it's hard to stop us.
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#35. If you are not prepared, you cannot work out intensely. If you do not perform, you cannot get results, and if you can't do your best to recover, you won't get the benefits of your hard work.
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#36. My job is to be fit and I'm really blessed that I get to go and work out and live a really healthy lifestyle.
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#37. To me, crying is not a sign of weakness. She wants it that bad and she puts her whole heart into it. She had really high expectations, and that's why she's so good. She just had a bad game.
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