Sergei Bubka Quotes

We started with that, basically to help kids, and then we created a pole vault school, which is part of the club and exists to this day. The club and school exist.

As I grew into my body, high jump chose me.

I'm a high-performance athlete: I'm running, I'm sprinting, I'm sliding, I'm doing pretty much everything and the last thing I want to worry about is my chest. I want to just worry about playing the sport at the highest level that I can.

We spent a lot of money on some players.

We wanted Nike to be the world's best sports and fitness company. Once you say that, you have a focus. You don't end up making wing tips or sponsoring the next Rolling Stones world tour.

I love sports. I've played basketball, baseball, soccer, tennis, track and field growing up.

Speed is more important than endurance in the decathlon.

I love watching track and field - the 4x100 relay, the 100-(meter) dash, the 200-(meter) dash. To see what they're able to do, I love watching that.

It's hard to pass up a pole vault opportunity here in Des Moines. The crowd was so great when I was at the mall and I was pumped up and I thought technically I was on and I figured where else to open up my outdoor season than here.

We have a rich tradition here in the United States of great decathletes, which is amazing 'cause we have absolutely no program to develop these guys. Zero. There's nothing. They do it on their own, just like I did back in '76.

I've had some experience in track and field in school, but I did have to train to be able to play Jesse Owens - to be a runner, to be an Olympian.

As far as oligarchs who acquire sports team abroad, and invest money abroad, I wouldn't treat this phenomenon as something bad.

I practice on the roads of Gaza as we don't have good stadiums and tracks so I gave my best.

Pole vaulting is an event of high and lows.

There's so much more important parts other than pole vaulting.

To this day, most people think of me as the fastest human. They don't really think me as a long jumper, although that's the event I had more success in.

When I was younger, I used to be a high jumper before I switched to hurdles.

This is the home of hurdling, and the Americans are the kings of the event.

I thought about tennis. But the more I thought about the whole thing - lessons, equipment, going to the courts - I said screw it, I'm just going to go buy a pair of sneakers and go running.

While shooting 'Selma,' I would train on my off time with the assistant men's track and field coach at Georgia Tech.

I actually ran in junior high school a little bit, you know, like most kids do in track and things. Then I got out of it and just trained for football and played ball for so many years - high school, college and the NFL.

Track and field is the best way to reach out for kids. It doesn't matter how fast you are. You always want to beat someone.

African runners regularly work out in the United States and Europe, and the International Olympic Committee sends some of the cash from the Games to Olympic committees in poor nations, which use the money to finance their own programs.

You try to figure out the best way to throw the shot put, or the perfect way to long jump, and you don't ever get it. You just chip away, chip away, chip away as time goes on.

I actually like indoor track and field more than outdoor.