Karch Kiraly Quotes
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I don't have to get myself pumped up or calm myself down. As we get into the later rounds of a tournament and there is more at stake, I have even more adrenaline. If we make the finals, it's just an extra opportunity to win a tournament at my age. That doesn't come along that often.
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I played a kid's game, I got to do it at the beach, and I was able to support my family. I consider myself incredibly lucky.
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We play at the world's most beautiful beaches but in the world's most challenging conditions. It is not like you play one match and you go back to air conditioning. We do it all day long.
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Practice like it's competition and compete like it's another day on the practice court.
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There's nothing worse than the feeling of wishing you had another chance at a play because you weren't ready. Every athlete has those feelings to mull over, and over and over ... Don't even expose yourself to the possibility to being caught off-guard.
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It's a serve and pass game.
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I just think about what I am doing on my side of the net, which requires focus. Even after all the years I've been playing, I still get butterflies before each match.
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It's the best. And the job site isn't too bad, either.
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A lot of guys are out there with their iPods. I'm not one of them. I just never really got into it.
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It's hard to give a career like this up, when I tell my wife I'm going to the office, and it's the beach.
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When you’ve done everything you can to train yourself for competition, you’ll sleep well when the tournament is over, win or lose.
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Physically I'm not as strong as I was, but I try to make up for it mentally. It's a big challenge, and I relish it, competing with guys half my age.
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The indoor game is much more of a team game, having to work effectively with a group of 15 to 20 people, striving to improve every day, every drill, even every contact. The beach game is much more of an individual game within a team sport, much less about organized practices with coaches and much more about just playing the game.
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No volleyball play can begin without a serve, and the serve is the only technique that is totally under your control. In other endeavors, you cannot succeed without believing in yourself, and that belief is completely under your control.