Author Profile
Armand Duplantis
1999 • Swedish • Athlete
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Showing 51 quotesIf I feel like I am becoming stagnant then I will try something new. I am always going to be trying to get to a new level.— Armand Duplantis
I want to win everything there is to win, and do it more times than anyone else has done it.— Armand Duplantis
Renaud was my idol growing up ever since I was 10 years old and I was just getting into pole vaulting and starting to become obsessed with him in general and the way he jumps, how he can do what he was doing.— 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
Ever since I started vaulting in my backyard, when I was in diapers, I wanted to be the best that's ever lived - to break the world record.— Armand Duplantis
I want to do more than Bubka's done, for sure. More Olympics than him, more world championships.— Armand Duplantis
I always thought I had the ability to be the best pole-vaulter in the world. I thought that ever since I was a little kid.— 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 your next shot.— 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 how it was even before I was the best in the world, because that's the approach to every competition.— 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
The only competition against other people is basically just on the scorecard. The only thing I can control is myself.— 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 be.— Armand Duplantis
When I was younger, pole vaulting was all that I knew. It was mainstream. It was so accessible to me and I was able to do it so much and so often. I've been surrounded by it since I was a little kid, like someone playing basketball.— 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 else. My dad grew up in New Orleans. It's a little bit different.— Armand Duplantis