Sergei Bubka Quotes & Sayings

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. — Sergei Bubka

People come from around the world and can understand each other without even speaking the same languages! — Sergei Bubka

Today I have 35 people who work in the club and associated businesses. — Sergei Bubka

Sports life is very short. — Sergei Bubka

First do it, then say it. — Sergei Bubka

I love the pole vault because it is a professor's sport. One must not only run and jump, but one must think. Which pole to use, which height to jump, which strategy to use. I love it because the results are immediate and the strongest is the winner. Everyone knows it. In everyday life that is difficult to prove. — Sergei Bubka

The strategy of my coach and me was that we looked at pictures of all the best pole vaulters from around the world, and we took the best parts from them, and we created a person that had never existed. We then started to work toward being such a person. — Sergei Bubka

I think that focusing on the money, on the business, is not enough. — Sergei Bubka

Even now I want to keep my amateur spirit, to spend my time, to be in the sport with all my heart. — Sergei Bubka

My policy was just to give good things for sports in my region. — Sergei Bubka

I began with track and field because this is what I know. — Sergei Bubka

You need to work very hard, you have to spend a lot of time practicing your sport - six to seven hours daily. — Sergei Bubka

Often you need to take some risk, but it must be a realistic risk, you can't take a crazy risk. — Sergei Bubka

I am alone, some people help me, but, basically, I can do what I want. — Sergei Bubka

My main idea was to create a sports facility for the basics. This is why I established the club. — Sergei Bubka

I decided to create a sports club during the Soviet times. It was my dream. — Sergei Bubka

I have bought pole vault equipment, the landing areas, posts, which costs a lot of money. We pay for coaches. — Sergei Bubka

The pole vault is a very complicated event, there are many things involved. — Sergei Bubka

And, of course, method is very important as is a high-quality specialist (trainer) working with you to keep you going in the right direction for your improvement and to help create results. — Sergei Bubka

I have spoken with many former athletes, and they tell me the best time they had was in sports. I listen to them and use their experience in my career. — Sergei Bubka

The Olympics are always a special competition, it is very difficult to predict what will happen. — Sergei Bubka

What is nice about this sport is that I am responsible for most everything. — Sergei Bubka

Of course, the psychological part, the tactics, is very important. — Sergei Bubka

I think that, generally, you need to live with your sport 24 hours a day. — Sergei Bubka