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22 quotes by Sergei Bubka

Updated on 8 September 2012. Serhiy Nazarovych Bubka (Ukrainian: Сергі й Наза рович Бу бка; Russian: Серге й Наза рович Бу бка, Sergey Nazarovich Bubka; born 4 December 1963) is a former Ukrainian pole vaulter. He represented the Soviet Union until its dissolution in 1991, was twice named Athlete of the Year by Track & Field News, and in 2012 was one of 24 athletes inducted as inaugural members of the International Association of Athletics...
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I am alone, some people help me, but, basically, I can do what I want.

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

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

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

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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... →

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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Sports life is very short.

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