Jordan Larson Quotes

Jordan Larson

Profession : Athlete

Birth : October 16, 1986

The smile helps me keep a positive attitude and go on to the next play.

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Istanbul is an unbelievable city, just really beautiful and the people are really, really nice.

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I think it's just being good every single day and being there for my teammates. I know that I can't do it alone, and they can't do it alone, and we've got to lean on each other.

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I just kind of go on with what I'm doing.

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I make fun of one of my teammates because she's like, I'm going to retire.' And that was after the Beijing Olympics. I don't know. I don't want to put all of my eggs in that basket because who knows what the future holds.

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Nebraska would like me to graduate in December and start college second semester so I can go through spring practice with them. But I want to stay around and be in high school. Your senior year is a once-in-a-lifetime thing, and I don't want to cut that experience short.

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It's so awesome to see a lot of the young talent really grow and compete every single day.

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I had big dreams and my parents allowed me to travel and go to these traveling teams, and to make it known to kids that if you really put your mind and your heart into what you want to do, that anything is possible.

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I think we really try to focus on acknowledgement. Like acknowledging, OK, that was not such a good play, but at the end of the day it's only one point really in the perspective of the match, and you have a chance to replace it with a good one.

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I think it's about failure recovery and how you perform at a high level in front of a lot of people. I think that sets you up for success on the big stage.

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I'm the only person who can talk volleyball all the time.

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There will always be someone out there that is better than you, and you have to accept it and focus on improving yourself.

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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.

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

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I chose the Pink Fund because my mom was diagnosed with breast cancer and I was pretty young in high school. At the time when she got re-diagnosed, my family had to move and they lost a job. Times were tough a little bit financially. The Pink Fund allows money to be raised to help women in need. I'm really excited to be able to represent that.

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It's been a dream of mine to play in the States ever since college. Being able to play pro here is amazing.

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I've been playing professionally now for over 13 years - played in China, Turkey, Russia, and just was a part of the inaugural season in the States.

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I've thought about it a lot: How do I want to leave my legacy? And what do I want to leave behind when I'm done with the sport and with USA Volleyball.

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In Rio, we took the bronze, but I thought we gave everything we had, and that's what we walked away with.

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All of the major events are fun. Obviously the Olympic Games is top.

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