A Quote by Karch Kiraly

I certainly think it's ironic that beach volleyball was first played in the 1930s in Santa Monica and tournaments of a high caliber have been happening in this country since the 1940s, and the FIVB, for many years, has ignored beach volleyball.

Karch Kiraly

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Karch Kiraly
American - Athlete
Born: November 3, 1960

Started playing indoor volleyball in 5th grade. Started playing club volleyball when I was 15. Played in high school and at Florida Gulf Coast University. Started playing beach volleyball after graduating from FGCU.

Brooke Sweat

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.

Karch Kiraly

I have been playing beach volleyball since I was 10. I'm very passionate about this game and every summer I have been practising with my friend.

Ivan Perisic

I would be doing anything to avoid a 9-5 job and high heels. Lifeguard, beach volleyball player, whatever.

Julie Foudy

I'm a really big surfer, and I have also been playing a ton of volleyball on the beach on the weekends.

Teddy Sears

Our big hope is to get to the Olympics and win the first beach volleyball gold medal - if we can make it.

Karch Kiraly

A mere forty years ago, beach volleyball was just beginning. No bureaucrat would have invented it, and that's what freedom is all about.

Newt Gingrich

I love beach volleyball.

Karch Kiraly

I played volleyball and basketball, and I did track and volleyball in college.

Kay Cannon

I was born and raised in Huntington Beach, California. I was very athletic, playing volleyball and softball. I did gymnastics for about ten years, too.

Jasmine Tookes

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.

Karch Kiraly

Beach volleyball has taken me all around the world.

Brooke Sweat

I was a volleyball player as a kid. I played volleyball all the time.

Danny Strong

People think of beach volleyball as something you just play and have fun. They don't realize there's a lot of discipline involved in playing at this level.

Karch Kiraly

When it comes to beach volleyball, we're playing in 100-degree-plus weather.