Very few men will free their wives of work in the home – tidying, cleaning, cooking, washing… to say nothing of looking after the children. Maybe one man in a thousand is ready to take these duties on himself instead of his wife. That is why I, as that one in a thousand men, and the girls as necessary go away to camp. Read more

I need self-confident women who will not admit to any greater authority than themselves, and everyone else who works with me needs to be like that too. Those around them should see them as "lunatics". They must be great in the sense that they are so completely self-confident. Read more

Karpol: "It is harder to work with women than with men since you have to constantly fight against the female psyche..." Read more

To work well is normal, to work badly is not normal. If someone does something very well, they should be praised. Read more

Every so often I hear that I always play in the same way, that it is too slow, old-fashioned. I have a right to opinion...Read more

Kirilova and Smirnova are much more than excellent players. With the mind set they possess, nothing is unattainable. Read more

I agree with Dante, who wrote: "Emotions should never overcome your reason". So, go carefully with emotions. Read more

Before the final of the Champions’ Cup in Zagreb I gave the Mladost players an ordinary sugar tablet and told them that it was a cure for nerves. It worked! 
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I won’t hear talk of the relationship between geography and the temperament of sportsmen, mentality. What I need is a professional mentality.
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Italy is the only country where the players are more expensive than the coach. Part of the reason why this is true in Italy is definitely in the life span of players and coaches. Read more

"If you are just a coach, and you do not have the authority of the president or a director of the club, you are done for, nothing can save you".
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In our assessment of talent (you cannot make a volleyball player out of short girls) we first take note of their anthropometry, in other words – genetics.
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Nikolao Karpol received the Order of Merit for the Fatherland, 3rd class; Honoured Worker of Physical Culture, Russia; Order of Friendship; Order of the Red Banner of Labour; Order of Friendship of Peoples and Honorary Citizen of the Sverdlovsk Oblast