Sports Quotes by Sergei Bubka

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

— Sergei Bubka

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

— Sergei Bubka

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

— Sergei Bubka

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

— Sergei Bubka

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

— 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…

— Sergei Bubka

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

— 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

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

— Sergei Bubka

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

— 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…

— Sergei Bubka

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

— 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

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

— Sergei Bubka

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

— Sergei Bubka