Top 27 Quotes & Sayings by Sergei Bubka

Explore popular quotes and sayings by an Ukrainian athlete Sergei Bubka.
Last updated on September 18, 2024.
Sergei Bubka

Sergey Nazarovych Bubka is a Soviet and Ukrainian former pole vaulter. He represented the Soviet Union until its dissolution in 1991. Bubka 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 Federations Hall of Fame.

I began with track and field because this is what I know.
I decided to create a sports club during the Soviet times. It was my dream.
What is nice about this sport is that I am responsible for most everything. — © Sergei Bubka
What is nice about this sport is that I am responsible for most everything.
Today I have 35 people who work in the club and associated businesses.
I think that, generally, you need to live with your sport 24 hours a day.
You need to work very hard, you have to spend a lot of time practicing your sport - six to seven hours daily.
Of course, the psychological part, the tactics, is very important.
Often you need to take some risk, but it must be a realistic risk, you can't take a crazy risk.
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.
Even now I want to keep my amateur spirit, to spend my time, to be in the sport with all my heart.
I am alone, some people help me, but, basically, I can do what I want.
The pole vault is a very complicated event, there are many things involved.
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.
I have bought pole vault equipment, the landing areas, posts, which costs a lot of money. We pay for coaches.
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.
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.
My main idea was to create a sports facility for the basics. This is why I established the club.
Sports life is very short.
The Olympics are always a special competition, it is very difficult to predict what will happen.
I think that focusing on the money, on the business, is not enough.
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
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.
The Olympics are always a special competition. It is very difficult to predict what will happen.
Even now, I want to keep my amateur spirit, to spend my time, to be in the sport with all my heart.
I have bought pole vault equipment, the landing areas, posts, which costs a lot of money. We pay for coaches
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.
First do it, then say it.
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