A biography for Karch Kiralyhasn’t been written yet.
“I started on the beach in Santa Barbara with my father when I was six.”
“The Latin teams have this idea that they can't beat a good team in the same tournament twice.”
“I don't know if it'll happen four years from now or 52 years from now, but our job is to make an Olympic gold medal happen at some point for the history of the U.S. program.”
“There have been a lot of great players through the years who have played at UCLA. I hate to be singled out while other guys are being left out of that kind of group.”
“Our big hope is to get to the Olympics and win the first beach volleyball gold medal - if we can make it.”
“I don't know when pink is going to come back in style.”
“The Ariake Arena is stunningly beautiful.”
“My buddies and I were just hooked on beach volleyball. We were obsessed with the game.”
“It seems like we're getting fewer stops in California every year. It's good because we're exposing the sport to other parts of the country. But it's not like it used to be, when we played for a hearty handshake, slept in vans and traveled up and down the coast from Santa Cruz to San Diego.”
“I do not wish to be mobbed by people everywhere I go.”
“I want to accomplish some things on the beach that I haven't been able to before, such as being a part of the best team on the beach in any given summer, racking up the most wins in any given summer.”
“Here I am, 11 years old, and these grown men have to give it everything they have to beat me. In one part of my life, I was standing toe-to-toe with grown men. It was a great feeling. My dad gave me that gift and volleyball gave me that gift.”
“I never played on a court or in an actual game until I was 9.”
“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.”
“It's more challenging on the beach. And there's a totally different atmosphere. There's not nearly so much protocol as indoors. It's not so strait-laced.”
“I'm not at my physical peak, but if I can still beat guys, many of whom were born after I won my first tournament, that's a great accomplishment.”
“We surprised ourselves in '84 when we thought we could win a major tournament but hadn't yet until we won the gold medal.”
“All partnerships are doomed to die. Almost no partnership ever ended with neutrality and both people retiring at the same time.”
“I don't think beyond tomorrow or the next day.”
“I think if you had asked me in 2004, 'Karch, you're going to be coaching the U.S.A. women's team from 2013 through 2016,' I would have said: 'What are you talking about? You're a little batty right now.'”