Kerri Walsh Quotes

Well there's only one way to prepare for playing beach volleyball, and that's by getting in the sand. But offseason is really important because generally I'm staying off the sand and getting my feet under me, and it's really important for my body to know what it feels like to have sound footing under me.

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 don't run on the treadmill, because there's no treadmill moving for you on the soccer field.

I try to simulate as much as possible what we do on the field in my workouts, so when I get with the team I'm somewhere close.

All of the beach volleyball coaches and all the top players, everything is based out of Southern California.

My grandfather built a basketball court for me when I was 3 years old as a Christmas present, and I would go back there every day all day and just play basketball.

My coach would push us off the balance beam and teach us how to fall. That helps with your body awareness, your air awareness, but even the training I had in cheerleading, gymnastics, bodybuilding, nothing prepares you for what you go through in the ring.

Off the field, Ronaldo was also focusing on everything extensively, such as resting up properly and strengthening his body. After training sessions, he would often work on his free-kicks and then come to me and say, 'Edwin, can you go in goal?'

It was very important for me to play winter ball. It was very important for me, my arm, and my whole body.

I start warming up before training an hour before at the hotel. That's not because I feel old and my body needs it. It's because it's prehab. It's preventing those injuries.

The training camp is where you do all the hard work.

It's really nice to be able to go into the offseason and attack the training as soon as possible.

Any outdoor sport like volleyball can also be played as a workout.

Set pieces are something I work hard at after training, and I hit quite a lot every day.

My secret is to train as intensively as I can, if possible, with the same intensity you experience in a real match.

At the beginning of the season, you're still getting your fitness levels up, and those first few games are quite tough.

I train like an animal in the ring. There's nobody that can beat me because I train hard for everybody.

Conditioning is the most important thing in MMA.

I usually play volleyball three times a week.

I didn't know what it meant or what it took to be healthy and be prepared for 82-plus games... Injuries come with sports. I know that. But you can be prepared, get your body as prepared as it can be through practice and weights.

It was a mistake of mine to train like that, with friends, at home. It was a handicap I should not have given myself. In Croatia, we do not have big camps like in other countries, but I was not willing to go away to train.

I'm always training to be quite honest, but there are those moments when you're a little more out of shape than you should be.

When I'm training for a fight, I work out two or three times a day for five days a week.

One part of my job I'll never learn to love is the pre-match warm-up. I hate it with every fibre of my being. It actually disgusts me.