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Glamour Magazine Names 2008 Women of the Year

Glamour Names Nicole Kidman, Hillary Clinton and Jane Goodall 2008 Women of the Year, Along With Seven Other Exceptional Winners



"Misty May-Treanor and Kerri Walsh -- These women have game. The beach volleyball duo..."

USA Women's Olympic Beach Volleyball Team Hanging Out With President George Bush

From Infos Jeunes France

Misty May Treanor and Kerri Walsh give beach volleyball lessons to President George Bush before the start of the Beijing Olympic Beach Volleyball tournament.

Misty May-Treanor and Kerri Walsh, of the US Olympic Volleyball team seemed to be having a great time with cutie George Bush.

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Women's Beach Volleyball Olympians Want Babies after Beijing

Volleyball Quotes from Beijing Women's Beach Volleyball Olympians Misty May Treanor and Kerri Walsh

From the Beach Reporter:

"We want to have a family after the season is over," said May-Treanor.

Misty May Treanor on having a family after Beijing

“I hope we’re both blessed to be able to start a family when we want to.”

She added, “I hope by this time next year we’re either about to deliver or we’re proud mamas.”

Kerri Walsh on her hopes of starting a family after the Beijing Olympics

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From Palo Alto Online Sports

"I like our pool and think we have a good mixture," said May-Treanor. "We've got a lefty in there and you don't see a lot of lefties on the tour, but we played Greece and Norway and they had lefties. Cuba is crafty and experienced and then you have the little Japanese team that is a lot like the Lindquist sisters. It is going to be a good pool for us to get ready for single elimination."

Misty May Treanor evaluating the competition with a scouting report about the teams they will face in their pool in the Preliminary Round of the Beijing Summer Olympics.

From the Daily News

"We want to win. We're trying to do something not even Karch (Kiraly) has done," May-Treanor said with a laugh while looking over her shoulder at the men's volleyball legend. "We're excited about it."

Misty May Treanor on the prospect of being the first team, men's or women's, to win back to back gold medals in beach volleyball.

From the China View

"It doesn't matter what you've won in the past and what you're going to win in the future. It's about now. We want to get better, we want to improve, and we want to win another gold medal," May-Treanor has said.

"I feel we are the best team, but at times there are other teams that are better," said May-Treanor, adding that they have ever been beaten by the Brazilians as well as the Chinese. She credited the Chinese girls as hard-working and having passion and drive.

Misty May Treanor when asked about how her team stacks up against the rest of the best

April Chapple is a freelance copywriter for volleyball products and promotions, columnist for USA Volleyball and the American Volleyball Coaches Association Coaching Volleyballmagazine and author of numerous online articles on playing and coaching volleyball. Author of the upcoming ebook "How to Stop Serving Like a Wimp" April's volleyball sites are Volleyball Voices, Volleyball Voyeur, Beijing Olympic Volleyball, Beijing Olympic Beach Volleyball, and Aprils Beach Volleyball Log. She can be reached at april@volleyballvoices.com

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Misty May-Treanor: Volleyball Quotes about Women's Beach Volleyball

From Reuters.com in Jane Barrett's article "U.S. Golden Girls appear unstoppable" about USA Women's Beach Volleyball team Misty May and Kerri Walsh

"It's all about pacing and maintaining so that you peak at the right time," said May-Treanor, who was babysat by famed beach volleyball player Karch Kiraly as a child.

Misty May Treanor commenting on competing in the Olympics for a second time.

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From Sports Features.com

“I think the (Olympic Games) field is a lot stronger, but I think we are older, wiser and more mature as a team,” said May-Treanor, who returns to her adopted hometown this week – she led California State University, Long Beach to a national indoor title in 1998. “I think we are better and more consistent coming in. Also, experience-wise, we are four years stronger and more experienced, which will really help us.”

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From the Long Beach Press Telegram

"We take care of that by not thinking about it," said Walsh, the former Stanford standout. "We're prepared and we're ready. We practice like it's the next tournament. We just try to stay focused."

Kerri Walsh

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From Reuters.com article by Jane Barrett

LONDON, July 25 (Reuters) - It seems almost unfair to let Misty May-Treanor and Kerri Walsh take part in the Olympic beach volleyball. The defending champions are on such a strong winning streak, it is hard to imagine how anybody might put an end to it.

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From the Daily Breeze.com by staff writer Bob Keisser

Listening to Misty May-Treanor and Kerri Walsh talk about their next volleyball date you almost wonder if they think they're headed for the Cabazon Outlet Mall rather than the Beijing Olympic Games.

"Woo-woo, a week off," she said.

Misty May, having just won the AVP Long beach final, after being reminded that she doesn’t have a match she doesn't have a match this weekend,

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From the San Francisco Chronicle:

"I think we are siding out and playing defense well, but there are always little things that can be tweaked," May-Treanor said.

Misty May Treanor after reaching the finals of the AVP Long Beach Women’s Beach Volleyball tournament.