Ability Quote by Armand Duplantis

After the failure in '92, my goal was to be a good pole vaulter. I used that as motivation.

— Dan O'Brien

When I was younger, pole vaulting was all that I knew. It was mainstream. It was so accessible to me and I was able…

— Armand Duplantis

I taught myself how to pole vault in one day. The next day I entered a meet to pole vault and won it all…

— Bo Jackson

I'm gonna try and take pole vaulting as high as I can. I want it to be as popular as it can be.

— Armand Duplantis

That's a pretty big advantage to this journey that I've been able to have, is that I was able to start at such a…

— Armand Duplantis

I wasn't too good at vaulting, and I didn't have running speed and jumping power.

— Mitsuo Tsukahara

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

— Sergei Bubka

“It's like practicing pole vaulting your entire life, and then getting to the olympics and saying, ‘what the hell did I want to jump…

— Anonymous

When I was a young stunt guy the director would say: "You're useless..." But I wanted to be the best, I wanted to be…

— Jackie Chan

I think I always prefer the long jump, high jump, and javelin. I don't like the 400 metres and the pole vault except when…

— Roman Sebrle

It's not that hard to climb a pole. All you need are powerful thighs and an empty soul.

— Daniel Tosh

I always thought I could be the best, and that's what I've been doing all these years.

— Robbie Lawler