Sergei Bubka Quotes

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

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

Sports life is very short.

Of course, the psychological part, the tactics, is very important.

First do it, then say it.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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