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RIO DE JANEIRO -- Matt Andersons older sister realized he really must be struggling in order to call home with news for his family that he needed an extended break from volleyball.Joelle Vanegas remembers it well nearly two years later, and also recalls her reaction once the worries for her brother had eased and she knew he would be fine.Vanegas threw out a little tough love.Youre the best player in the world, Matt. Suck it up, and get back out there and play, she told him.Eventually, he would find his way back, and Anderson will lead the Americans into their Olympic opener Sunday night against Canada.But he first took that much-needed mental break from the grind of his sport, the one that has taken Anderson around the globe and landed him largely isolated in Russia for eight months of the year playing professionally.The star outside hitter hesitates to use the word depression, yet knows he experienced some symptoms. In late 2014, he was in a deep funk and made that daunting decision to step away from volleyball and rediscover a balance in his life.I think I was experiencing some depression-like moments in my life. You get down on yourself when youre trying to be the best and be perfect. When youre like that for a while, you dont get that success, even if its a small simple thing, it can bring you down, Anderson said. I wasnt able to let it go when I left the gym, so it was bringing me down the whole day, not just in the moment. So I had to address it.He lost his father, Michael, in 2010 after a kidney cancer diagnosis and a heart attack. Two years ago this month, cousin Keri Ferraro Reisch was killed in a car crash.Each time, still in shock and grieving, Anderson quickly returned to his volleyball work with little time to be comforted by those closest to him.So, when he called home to West Seneca, New York, that day, his sister understood. She has watched his love for nephew Tristin, who has autism. Anderson has a tattoo with the boys name and a puzzle piece on his inner right forearm to support him.It was that a lot of things had happened to our family, Vanegas said. When my dad passed away, he had to be back in Korea right after the funeral. When my cousin passed away, he had to be back in Russia. He missed births of his nieces and nephews. He felt he was pulled away from all he was.Stepping away even for a couple of months is rare for elite athletes. Yet everyone in Andersons inner circle knew he just needed time, and they were quick to offer support.Those who know him well believe the 29-year-old Anderson is all the better now for having taken that break.I went home, I went back to the place where people know me as me and not the athlete, my family, friends that like hanging out with me not because I bring this aura of celebrity around with me, he said.U.S. coach John Speraw had been on the job about a year and a half when Anderson came to him.Nobody does that, so when a player comes to you and says, `I need this, you know this is not a cursory thought, hes given it a bit of consideration, Speraw said. I knew what place he was in and what he needed, and I was 100 percent supportive -- `Take a breath. How long do you want to breathe? -- For me it was indefinite.Speraw figures many volleyball players face similar situations.The sport has no U.S. professional league, so many American men and women competing in Rio have only recently returned to the U.S. base in Southern California from abroad to prepare for the Olympics.Reid Priddy, beginning his fourth Olympics at age 38, spoke with Anderson throughout the process two years ago. Priddy, who is married and a father of two, was in Italy earlier this year finding his rhythm as he worked back from reconstructive knee surgery.Priddy also has taken time off -- perhaps just not in such a public way as Anderson.This is a hard life. I had this desire personally to be connected to community, to start a family, and when youre buzzing all over the world, its just not a reality, Priddy said.Sometimes you just need to dress yourself in the morning, literally wear clothes that you want to wear. Youre not putting on team clothes, you just need some autonomy, he said.Anderson has flourished, thanks to family, friends and the U.S. team.You always have to try to be better than yourself, not try to be better than anybody else, his sister said. That is how Matt continues to grow.Vapormax Blanche Femme . -- The plastic that was taped across the lockers in Oaklands clubhouse came down and the champagne that was on ice went back into the cooler. Vapormax Homme Promo . While hell be dialed in to that tournament on a course he loves, you can forgive him if his eyes glance down the calendar just a bit, towards April. http://www.vapormaxsolde.fr/basket-vapormax-plus-grossiste.html . -- The goal posts lying flat on the field, Arizonas fans lingered on the field, congregating around the locker room entrance nearly 30 minutes after rushing out of the stands. Vapormax Nere Uomo .ca looks back at the stories and moments that made the year memorable. Vapormax Femme 2020 . Jason Zucker and Matt Cooke also scored for Minnesota, which has won five of six. Kuemper made five saves in the first, nine in the second, and nine in the third. The rookies best save came with 2:17 left in the third period when he denied former Wild forward Matt Cullen from just outside of the crease on the right side.The past week was the kind that fantasy basketball fans love because there was so much to digest. Well get to that later, but first lets focus on some of the weeks biggest risers -- Bradley Beal, Nikola Jokic and Eric Gordon.Beal is proving me wrong with how well hes played over the past month. He looks like the star many expected him to be when he was selected No. 3 overall out of Florida in 2012. He scored 41 points against the Los Angeles Clippers on Sunday, and he is averaging 24.3 points in his last 10 games while making 3.2 3s per game in that span. He moves all the way from 49 to 33.Jokic was one of the risers last week, and we had to keep moving him up (from 85 to 47) based on his continued torrid stretch; in his last five games, the second-year big man averaged 18.2 points, 9 rebounds and 5.8 assists. He has also shot a ridiculous 72.2 percent from the field during that stretch. Jokics rise has come at the cost of Jusuf Nurkic, who has fallen almost entirely out of the Nuggets rotation and completely out of our top 150.And then theres Gordon, the veteran shooting guard who never quite got his career on track until coming to Houston. He is averaging 20 points in his last five games while making 5.2 3s and dishing out 3.4 assists per game, moving from 95 to 72 in the process. On a team thats free to jack up 3-pointers at a record pace, as Houston is, Gordon is a perfect fit in coach Mike DAntonis system and is flourishing in fantasy.Plenty of other news caused shifts in the rankings.Blake Griffin and Clint Caapela both went down with injuries that will keep them off the court well into January.dddddddddddd They fall to No. 54 and 112, respectively. Their likely replacements, Marreese Speights (138) and Montrezl Harrell (148), both move into the top 150.Mike Conley returned to the court less than three weeks after suffering a small fracture in his back. Who saw that coming? We had moved Conley all the way down to 97 with the idea that hed be out much longer, but he moves back up to 60.Tyreke Evans made his season-debut but was limited to 11 minutes in his first game back, then sat out to rest the following game and played only 15 minutes in the third game. Hes already been ruled out for Tuesdays contest against Philadelphia and its clear that it will be a while before Evans plays the type of minutes where he can be a fantasy asset. He makes a minor move from 99 to 97.Gary Harris returned from a month-long absence and immediately gave the Nuggets what theyd been missing on both ends of the court. In the three games since his return, he averaged 19.3 PPG, 3 RPG, 4 APG and 1.7 SPG. He advances all the way up to 109 in his return to the rankings.Notables who saw their stock drop most - aside from Griffin, Capela and Nurkic - include Tim Frazier (83 to 93), George Hill (82 to 105), Dirk Nowitzki (96 to 116) and Maurice Harkless (117 to 141).Here is the full rundown of the updated Top 150 rankings: ' ' '