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Karch Kiraly

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Olympic athlete

Karch Kiraly is a celebrated Olympic athlete, recognized for his remarkable contributions to the sport of volleyball. Born on November 3, 1960, he has achieved significant milestones in his career, both on and off the court. Kiraly is renowned for his exceptional defensive abilities and leadership, which have earned him numerous honors and a spot in the Volleyball Hall of Fame.

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

Practice Court Competition Another Day

Author:Karch Kiraly

“How much we have to hydrate out here in this kind of heat and humidity. I think the most I have ever taken down in one day of fluids is five gallons - a gallon per match. If we didn't replace our fluids, we would probably keel over and die.”

Ifs Thinking Kind Dies Taken Five One Day Heat Fluid Gallons Keel Humidity Heat And Humidity

Author:Karch Kiraly

“The first thing I do when I get therelike all of the players on touris apply sunscreen. One of the few hazards of the job is the wear-and-tear our skin takes from the sun.”

Firsts Jobs Sun Player Tears Skins Hazards Sunscreen

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“The exercises helped get the flexibility back in my ankle and also increased my overall flexibility. As I was getting into my 30s, I wanted to do everything I could to improve my longevity.”

Wanted Exercise Longevity Flexibility Ankles

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“One of the best ways to [improve my longevity] that is to minimize injury or avoid it by being more flexibleespecially when we are meeting at the net. There is a hitter and blocker, which means a lot foot contact, where you can twist your ankle easily.”

Way Mean Feet Meetings Best Way Contact Injury Longevity Twists Flexible Ankles

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“I had a bunch of different colored hats I wore. When I started wearing a pink one, we won five or six tournaments in a row, so I stuck with it. It started as superstition and now it's traditionmy hideous trademark that I always wear.”

Different Five Six Tradition Stuck Bunch Hats Superstitions Tournaments Hideous Trademarks

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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.”

Men Years Kids Age Together Young Games Sports Teaching Dad Raises My Dad Beach Fortunate California Young Age Tournaments Volleyball Ranking Grown Man Beach Volleyball

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“It was really an exciting time trying to find my way from being a boy to becoming a manbeing toe to toe and eye to eye with grown men, even though I was only 11 or 12.”

Men Way Trying Eye Boys Becoming Exciting My Way Toes Grown Man Becoming A Man

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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.”

Men Kind Talking Focus Dad Quiet Court My Dad Intense Loud Intensity Competitors Vocal Grown Man

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“I couldn't be messing around and acting like an 11-year-old if we expected to compete well. I wanted to compete well, because it was great to see the looks in the eyes of menlike, "Wow, I am having a hard time beating this kid."”

Ifs Men Years Wells Looks Hard Eye Kids Wanted Acting Expected Hard Times Wow Having A Hard Time

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“I thank my dad for my mental longevity and for the fact we played against better competition.”

Facts Dad Competition My Dad Longevity

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

Winning Can Do Competition Focused

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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.”

Author:Karch Kiraly

“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 matchI'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.”

Thinking Firsts Littles Said Whole Home Running School Guy Song Stuff Rooms Doors Team Ready High School Coaches Gym Senior Bumps Yelling Geese Blown Away Sophomore First Home

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“When I warm up now thoughespecially on center courtthere is usually music playing, so I don't really mess with music.”

Court Warm Mess

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

Want Self Self Reliant

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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.”

Thinking Years Stills Sides Focus Butterfly

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“I have adrenaline going and then focus on what I have to do and do it well. I know we'll have a good chance to win the match that way. I don't concern myself with the other team.”

Knows Way Wells Winning Chance Focus Team Concern Adrenaline Good Chance

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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.”

Ifs Age Opportunity Winning Finals Rounds Calm Extras Stakes Tournaments Adrenaline

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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.”

Men Years Littles Sometimes Wanted Night Team Worst Conditions Habit Luxury Rely Every Night Uniforms Showers Laundry Massage Days Of The Year

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

Want Use Excuse Headings Crutches

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

People Glasses Hats Volleyball

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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.”

World Long Play Beautiful Challenges Air Conditions Like You Beach Conditioning Volleyball Air Conditioning Beautiful Beach

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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.”

Inspirational Trying Bigs Age Funny Guy Strong Challenges Half Competing Volleyball Relish Big Challenges

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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.”

Way Play Helping Games Player Team Taught Lessons Balls Beach Usa Teammate Anticipate Volleyball

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“I still get excited just attending a final four, because the process is so long, so arduous, so challenging, that when it finally arrives, the adrenaline can't help but take over. I love the sense of accomplishment and camaraderie that the indoor game can engender.”

Long Stills Helping Games Process Challenges Four Finals Excited Accomplishment Volleyball Adrenaline Attending Camaraderie Sense Of Accomplishment

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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.”

People Games Individual Sports Practice Groups Team Strive Coaches Contact Beach Organized Volleyball Drills Sports Team

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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.”

Inspirational Believe Play Funny Belief Succeed Technique Believe In Yourself Endeavor Volleyball

Author:Karch Kiraly

“I never did. I only prepared to win the next day.”

Next Winning Prepared Next Day Volleyball

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“It's the best. And the job site isn't too bad, either.”

Jobs Site Volleyball

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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.”

Giving Hard Careers Wife Office My Wife Beach Volleyball

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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. ”

Play Feelings Wish Chance Possibility Ready Athlete Caught Volleyball Another Chance

Author:Karch Kiraly

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

Giving Player Formulas Volleyball

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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.”

Way Use Fall Winning Can Do Loss Team Figures Gold Overcoming Stronger Defeat Painful Bitter Medal Volleyball Gold Medals Great Team Winning Team

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“It's a serve and pass game.”

Games Volleyball

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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.”

Way Different Enough Bigs Easy Four Color Grew Tradition My Family Hats Superstitions Find Me Tournaments Easy Way Different Colors Cojones

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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.”

Kids Able Games Support Lucky My Family Beach

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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.”

Ifs Way Persons Long Matter Running Player Minutes Benefits Exciting Long Runs Willpower Better Person Volleyball

Author: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.”

Wells Done Winning Loses Sleep Competition Train Tournaments Win Or Lose Sleep Well

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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.”

Knows Way Play Feelings Wish Sports Leadership Chance Careers Possibility Ready Green Athlete Caught Coaches Treated Not Sure Nfl Coaching Another Chance

Author:Karch Kiraly

About the Author

Born: November 3, 1960
Known for: Olympic athlete
Quotes: 40

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