Jordan Larson Quotes

Jordan Larson

Profession : Athlete

Birth : October 16, 1986

I really enjoy Turkey, where I live.

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I'm not going to play volleyball until the retirement age.

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I had been in Russia for five years and had a pretty successful run, and I just kind of wanted a change. I wanted to see different things. They're pretty equal leagues, but there was less travel involved in Turkey.

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Russia is a very big country, so we were traveling a lot more. Turkey isn't as hard on my body, so that was a nice change.

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After college I was like, Oh, I want to play pro,' but I didn't know exactly what that meant.

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It's been an amazing journey so far for me, in the places that I've gone and the people that I've met.

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I'm just not getting any younger.

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I've been playing consistently overseas for 12 years straight with no real offseason. I also have other endeavors in my life that I want to see. Getting married, having children, those kinds of things. The older I get, the more challenging those become.

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All I know is Coach Cook said I'd be a pretty good sand player because I have all the shots.

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I try to wake up at the same time every day and go through my workout routines and then golf on the other days.

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I played a lot of sports growing up - soccer, softball, basketball, track - and started playing on a club team when I was 12. That's when I fell in love with volleyball.

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In high school, I think I served almost an entire match by myself.

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I feel pretty good right now at the age of soon-to-be 31.

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I just love that I've been on a lot of teams that maybe talent hasn't been our top thing, but we found a way to win, and I think that just shows that anybody can play the sport and really have fun doing it.

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You can't really win without serving and passing, you got to hit the ball in the court.

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Brazilian fans are awesome. They create such an awesome atmosphere.

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Especially at home, people tell me that my serve is their favorite thing about the games.

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It's you and the ball against all the passers and you're just trying to place it the best you can. But sometimes, I don't even know where the ball's going.

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I'm trying to go out there having the mentality that I'm the best out there and nobody can stop me.

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What was important to me was that I represented Nebraska.

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