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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.
Karch Kiraly -
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.
Karch Kiraly
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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.
Karch Kiraly -
It's a serve and pass game.
Karch Kiraly -
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.
Karch Kiraly -
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.
Karch Kiraly -
When you’ve done everything you can to train yourself for competition, you’ll sleep well when the tournament is over, win or lose.
Karch Kiraly -
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.
Karch Kiraly
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I never did. I only prepared to win the next day.
Karch Kiraly -
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.
Karch Kiraly -
It's the best. And the job site isn't too bad, either.
Karch Kiraly -
A lot of guys are out there with their iPods. I'm not one of them. I just never really got into it.
Karch Kiraly -
It was really an exciting time trying to find my way from being a boy to becoming a man being toe to toe and eye to eye with grown men, even though I was only 11 or 12.
Karch Kiraly -
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.
Karch Kiraly