Karch Kiraly
Athlete
1960-11-03
Quotes by Karch Kiraly
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It tastes sweeter when you come close and suffer some really painful losses.
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If I can help my teammate or teammates play at a level they've never played at before, then it doesn't even matter so much how I play.
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When three-quarters of the tournaments were being held in parking lots and other artificial locations, that was a growing frustration for me as someone who grew up playing beach volleyball and idolizing the guys who came before me and knowing the history of the sport.
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I consider myself lucky that I grew up in a time that there were no video games to keep my attention on indoor activities.
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From the mid-'70s to the mid-'90s, that was the golden age of the beach volleyball mystique. I was absolutely mesmerized by the best players of that time.
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In many parts of this country, there is still a stigma about volleyball, that it is a sissy game, the one to go out for if you can't win a letter in anything else. People don't realize what a difference there is between the picnic game and the top level.
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It feels awesome to be back in the winners' circle.
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