Squeeze the Juice!

Dedicated to Coach Elise Cooper and the Montclair State University Women's Volleyball Team.
Last night was an honor to be part of the coaching staff for the Montclair State University Women's Volleyball Team.

How do you get your energy up to do things you need to do when you need to do them? Answer- surround yourself with those who are already Energized. In our modern day society, there is actual sports teams that need motivational speakers, pre-game rituals, music, in your face pep talks etc... in order to get energized. Yes, sounds strange but true.

At Montclair State University, the Women's Volleyball team only need to hear 3 words, which brings their already energetic atmosphere to an ultimate high. Those words are It's Game Time. If you want to get energized, then go see the Montclair State Women's Volleyball team. It doesn't matter what kind of day you are having, you will automatically get energized. In their pre-game huddle, one girl yells out squeeze and the rest of the team rattles the gym by shouting Juice! That is to remind them, they have to get the most out of their abilities. Like squeezing the juice out of a lemon. If you want every last drop of juice out of the lemon, you have to squeeze with everything you've got. The same goes for life. In life, are you giving all you've got in your profession, in your relationships, in school, in each day? Can you squeeze the juice each day? Not tomorrow just today.

Well the opposing team was having a hard time focusing on their coach's pre-game speech because every time the Montclair State Red Hawks chanted, the opposition would look in Montclair State's direction as if to say, "Why are they so fired up." The opposing team came out flat with an excessive amount of unforced errors, almost looking intimidated by the determination and energy that Montclair State portrayed. Montclair State out energized the other team from the minute they walked into the gym.


In life you only get out of it what you put into it. How much life are you putting into your own life?

"Some people are living but aren't really ALIVE!"

"Don't ask what the world needs. Ask what makes you come alive, and go do it. Because what the world needs is people who have come alive." ~Howard Thurman

Congratulations to Coach Elise Cooper and the Montclair State Women's Volleyball Team.
Next home game is Thurs., September 20 vs. Rutgers-Camden.

Quote of the month: "Happiness is not the absence of conflict, but the ability to cope with it."