Armand Duplantis

I try not to limit myself on what I can do.

— Armand Duplantis

I wear Sweden across my chest and I do it proudly.

— Armand Duplantis

I love being a Sweden athlete.

— Armand Duplantis

I want to break the world record, win Olympic gold and win World Championship gold.

— Armand Duplantis

The only competition against other people is basically just on the scorecard. The only thing I can control is myself.

— Armand Duplantis

It's hard to believe sometimes that I am the world record holder.

— Armand Duplantis

I would like to jump 6.30 just because it sounds cool. Not because it's a limit, or anything like that.

— Armand Duplantis

When I was 13 I played baseball the whole summer. I never touched a pole vault pole.

— Armand Duplantis

To put pole vaulting on the map just for a second is a dream come true.

— Armand Duplantis

Having two older brothers very good at sports, we were very competitive.

— Armand Duplantis

Going over 6.20m for the first time, it's hard to explain. It's something that you can only dream of.

— Armand Duplantis

It's the hugest platform of athletics and I dream of a world record at the Olympics. One jump can change a lot…

— Armand Duplantis

Breaking the world record for the first time in Torun was a very crazy feeling. There was this rush of emotions that…

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Ever since I started vaulting in my backyard, when I was in diapers, I wanted to be the best that's ever lived…

— Armand Duplantis

Renaud was my idol growing up ever since I was 10 years old and I was just getting into pole vaulting and…

— Armand Duplantis

My father might have got me to 5.80 m, but I definitely give just as much credit, and maybe even more, to…

— Armand Duplantis

Growing up... you see Bubka as almost this mythological creature. He was not real in the things that he was doing, they…

— Armand Duplantis

I wanted to jump some days. I wanted to not jump some days. Some days I wanted to jump left-handed. Some days…

— Armand Duplantis

I hope that I, together with Eton, will inspire people to acknowledge and appreciate all life's moments while they pursue their inner…

— Armand Duplantis

I've been guilty of not taking my first and even second attempts too seriously. Knowing you have a third attempt is not…

— Armand Duplantis

I've always tried to not put a limit on myself. There are endless possibilities.

— Armand Duplantis

Sweden and track and field always went together in my heart.

— Armand Duplantis

I really do have the golf bug. I'm an addict. It's such a hard but easy game to love.

— Armand Duplantis

I like putting on a show and everything else just works out.

— Armand Duplantis

The thing I really loved about golf was that when you're on the golf course, nothing in the world matters other than…

— Armand Duplantis

Renaud was my absolute idol.

— Armand Duplantis

I go out there, try to jump high and just be genuine.

— Armand Duplantis

I know I can come away with the win whatever the competition. Second place in any competition is disappointing.

— Armand Duplantis

Each world record feels like it brings something a bit different out of me.

— Armand Duplantis

My event is just like golf in that you have to practice a lot. It's so specific, it needs time.

— Armand Duplantis

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

— Armand Duplantis

At the end of the day it's just pole vault. I try not to over calculate.

— Armand Duplantis

I want to do more than Bubka's done, for sure. More Olympics than him, more world championships.

— Armand Duplantis

I try not to worry about anything, it's me and the bar, and it's just a competition between me and the bar.

— Armand Duplantis

14, 15 16 - those were my little awkward ages. I was still short.

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If I feel like I am becoming stagnant then I will try something new. I am always going to be trying to…

— Armand Duplantis

I can jump in front of a million people and be fine. I know what I'm doing. In fact, the more people…

— Armand Duplantis

I am going to try and carry the sport as much as I can and I know the best way to do…

— Armand Duplantis

You have to go up there and jump high and clear whatever the bar may be. It's a competition within myself. That's…

— Armand Duplantis

Where my mom comes from, you can't have that big of a personality or be cocky or think you're better than anyone…

— Armand Duplantis