Karch Kiraly Quotes

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• Practice like it's competition and compete like it's another day on the practice court.

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  Practice, Competition, Another Day

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• We are all going to fall short. We are going to have some bitter losses, very painful defeats and failures. We have to use those to come back even stronger. That's what makes it sweeter, when we can overcome those and figure out a way to win. The great teams can do that, and those are the gold medal winning teams.

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  Volleyball, Team, Fall

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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.

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  Inspirational, Funny, Volleyball

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• Not everything you're going to do in volleyball - or in life, for that matter - is exciting or fully functional, but if you have the willpower to make each minute count, you'll benefit in some way. And it will make you a better player and a better person in the long run.

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  Running, Volleyball, Player

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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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  Volleyball, Beach, Careers

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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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  Sleep, Winning, Competition

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• The beach game taught me great lessons about how to elevate the play of my teammate, or teammates, and how to anticipate and expect the ball so much more than the indoor game ever could. It taught me - even forced me - to be a much better all-around player. That allowed me to help our USA Olympic Team in many more ways than I ever could have otherwise.

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  Volleyball, Beach, Team

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• I never did. I only prepared to win the next day.

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  Volleyball, Winning, Next Day

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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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  Volleyball, Athlete, Play

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• My general rule, which I have followed throughout my coaching career, is that everyone doesn't necessarily get treated the same way, because I'm not sure that's possible. But everyone has to be treated fairly. Moreover, they have to know and trust that they will be treated fairly. Dennis Green, NFL Coach 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 of being caught off-guard.

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  Leadership, Sports, Athlete

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• Playing against better competition makes you better and more focused, so you can do what you have to, to win.

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  Winning, Competition, Can Do

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• I didn't want to use anything as a crutch and ever have excuses heading into a match.

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  Use, Want, Crutches

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• I had four different colors of hats, one of which was pink. I just got on a roll with the pink hat. So what started out as a superstition grew into a tradition and an easy way for my family to find me at tournaments because I am the only one with cojones big enough to wear a pink hat.

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  Color, Hats, Cojones

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• It's a serve and pass game.

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  Volleyball, Games

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• Volleyball is not like a formula so we must give players some freedom.

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  Volleyball, Player, Giving

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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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  Sports, Volleyball, Beach

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• Most people put a hat and glasses on to go incognito. I take them off.

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  Volleyball, Glasses, People

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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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  Beautiful, Volleyball, Beach

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• I want to be as self-reliant as possible and do it all from within.

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  Self, Want, Self Reliant

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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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  Inspirational, Funny, Volleyball

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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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  Beach, Kids, Games

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• My dad was a really intense competitor and that rubbed off on me. He was loud and vocal on the court, so I let him do all the talking. But I developed a kind of quiet intensity that I knew I had to have to improve and compete with grown men. It took every ounce of focus.

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  Dad, Men, Talking

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• I was fortunate to start the sport at a young age. I was 6 years old when my dad started teaching me. We started playing tournaments together when I was 11, in the lower ranking of beach volleyball in California. We weren't playing against kids; we played against grown men, so immediately, I had to raise my game to compete.

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  Sports, Volleyball, Beach

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• When I was on the U.S. men's indoor team, I was on the road 200 days of the year and sometimes in the worst conditions. We didn't have the food or luxuries we wanted. We didn't have a laundry service. So every night after the match, I soaped up my uniform in the shower. I learned to rely on outside things as little as possible, whether it was music or massage. I just got out of the habit of relying on outside things.

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  Team, Night, Men

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• In high school, some of the guys were really into music. When I first joined the team as a sophomore, I was blown away when we came out for our first home match—I'm getting goose bumps just thinking about it. The seniors would bring their whole stereo system. We started by yelling and stuff inside this little room just off the gym; then the coaches said, "Ready. Go!" We threw open the door and came running out. Even when I hear the songs now I get all jacked up.

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  Senior, Running, Song

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