My buddies and I were just hooked on beach volleyball. We were obsessed with the game. — Karch Kiraly Copy Share Image
Most people put a hat and glasses on to go incognito. I take them off. — Karch Kiraly Copy Share Image
Volleyball is not like a formula so we must give players some freedom. — Karch Kiraly Copy Share Image
I have a hunger to grow and to learn, so coaching is a natural extension of a lifelong love of the game… — Karch Kiraly Copy Share Image
The United States has a superb cadre of coaches, some of the best minds of volleyball ever, and I aspire to join… — Karch Kiraly Copy Share Image
Our big hope is to get to the Olympics and win the first beach volleyball gold medal - if we can make… — Karch Kiraly Copy Share Image
There will always be people who think volleyball, at least for boys anyway, is a sport you play when you can't letter… — Karch Kiraly Copy Share Image
People think of beach volleyball as something you just play and have fun. They don't realize there's a lot of discipline involved… — Karch Kiraly Copy Share Image
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… — Karch Kiraly Copy Share Image
Physically I'm not as strong as I was, but I try to make up for it mentally. It's a big challenge, and… — Karch Kiraly Copy Share Image
The regular pro tour focuses on just the very few top players. But it doesn't focus on the other thousands of passionate… — Karch Kiraly Copy Share Image
No volleyball play can begin without a serve, and the serve is the only technique that is totally under your control. In… — Karch Kiraly Copy Share Image
Here I am, 11 years old, and these grown men have to give it everything they have to beat me. In one… — Karch Kiraly Copy Share Image
The indoor game is much more of a team game, having to work effectively with a group of 15 to 20 people,… — Karch Kiraly Copy Share Image
I was fortunate to start the sport at a young age. I was 6 years old when my dad started teaching me.… — Karch Kiraly Copy Share Image
For lack of a better calling, I just figured my dad's a doctor. He seems to enjoy what he does, so I… — Karch Kiraly Copy Share Image
We are all going to fall short. We are going to have some bitter losses, very painful defeats and failures. We have… — Karch Kiraly Copy Share Image
I certainly think it's ironic that beach volleyball was first played in the 1930s in Santa Monica and tournaments of a high… — Karch Kiraly Copy Share Image
In many parts of this country, there is still a stigma about volleyball, that it is a sissy game, the one to… — Karch Kiraly Copy Share Image
We play at the world's most beautiful beaches but in the world's most challenging conditions. It is not like you play one… — Karch Kiraly Copy Share Image
From the mid-'70s to the mid-'90s, that was the golden age of the beach volleyball mystique. I was absolutely mesmerized by the… — Karch Kiraly Copy Share Image
The men's game probably has a little more power to it, so the rallies aren't quite as long. Some people prefer that… — Karch Kiraly Copy Share Image
There's nothing worse than the feeling of wishing you had another chance at a play because you weren't ready. Every athlete has… — Karch Kiraly Copy Share Image
When three-quarters of the tournaments were being held in parking lots and other artificial locations, that was a growing frustration for me… — Karch Kiraly Copy Share Image
I still get excited just attending a final four, because the process is so long, so arduous, so challenging, that when it… — Karch Kiraly Copy Share Image
The beach game taught me great lessons about how to elevate the play of my teammate, or teammates, and how to anticipate… — Karch Kiraly Copy Share Image
Not everything you're going to do in volleyball - or in life, for that matter - is exciting or fully functional, but… — Karch Kiraly Copy Share Image
It's hard to grow up to be a good man and a good husband and a good father and at least at… — Karch Kiraly Copy Share Image
Here I am, 11 years old, and these grown men have to give it everything they have to beat me. In one part of… — Karch Kiraly Copy Share
The indoor game is much more of a team game, having to work effectively with a group of 15 to 20 people, striving to… — Karch Kiraly Copy Share
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… — Karch Kiraly Copy Share
Great passing and setting - I admire that more than the super big guys pounding the ball. — Karch Kiraly Copy Share
I still get excited just attending a final four, because the process is so long, so arduous, so challenging, that when it finally arrives,… — Karch Kiraly Copy Share
I take a tremendous amount of punishment and abuse every weekend because every team serves at me. So I have to carry the offensive… — Karch Kiraly Copy Share
I was fortunate to start the sport at a young age. I was 6 years old when my dad started teaching me. We started… — Karch Kiraly Copy Share
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 Copy Share
And I really felt like I would regret never accomplishing my goals on the beach, or missing special moments with my kids, more than… — Karch Kiraly Copy Share
The men's game probably has a little more power to it, so the rallies aren't quite as long. Some people prefer that power and… — Karch Kiraly Copy Share
Practice like it's competition and compete like it's another day on the practice court. — Karch Kiraly Copy Share
I didn't want to use anything as a crutch and ever have excuses heading into a match. — Karch Kiraly Copy Share
