Volleyball has allowed me to travel throughout the world, to see so many interesting places, to meet so many interesting people including my husband and three presidents, Jimmy Carter, Ronald Reagan and Bill Clinton.
- Debbie Green

I'm the last person to tell someone that they'll never be successful in volleyball because that was all I ever heard for years, that I was too short.
- Debbie Green

I never went to a prom or to movies like other high school girls did. My entire life was volleyball. I’d play six days a week, with Monday the only day I’d take off.
- Debbie Green

In 1984, I competed in the Olympics, in a sport I was considered too short to play.
- Debbie Green

He would always tell me, Debbie, no one knows how good of a volleyball player you can become. I don't know, your coaches don't know, and even you don't know how good you can be.
- Debbie Green