"Go the Distance"

Show up every day. Don't feel great? Down days mark the human condition. "Always do your best."

Volleyball season is short, less than three months from tryouts to Finals. In the Navy they have an expression, "I can stand on my head that long." 

"Go the distance" means to 'bring it' every day for the whole day. If you're a great student, you don't hide your report card. When you're a great competitor, enter the arena every day and show your competitive character, your 'compete level'. 

Academic success has been part of MVB culture. "How you do anything is how you do everything."

"Repetitions make reputations." What you do "right here, right now" defines the player you are and the player you become. 

Lagniappe. Don't go there.