Armand Duplantis Quotes

Armand Duplantis

Profession : Athlete

Birth : November 10, 1999

I am going to try and carry the sport as much as I can and I know the best way to do that is to jump really high.

Armand Duplantis

I want to win everything there is to win, and do it more times than anyone else has done it.

Armand Duplantis

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

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I can only be who I can be. I can't be Usain Bolt, we're different people and do different events, so it's hard to compare us.

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

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

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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 get to a new level.

Armand Duplantis

Despite having been fortunate enough to have experienced some incredibly grand moments, met some of the best athletes in the world and broken a few records, the smallest and most intimate moments define me equally as much, as an athlete, a person and a man.

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There's always room to improve.

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

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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.

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

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 young age because my father built a setup and I was able to build a technique from 3 years up to now. Without the backyard, I'm not whatever I am today. I knew that none of my classmates were pole vaulting.

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

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Breaking the world record for the first time in Torun was a very crazy feeling. There was this rush of emotions that flooded through my body as I cleared the bar and it was hard to believe that it actually happened.

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

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

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I've been guilty of not taking my first and even second attempts too seriously. Knowing you have a third attempt is not always a good thing. It doesn't allow as much breathing room as you think. So golf has helped me there. Every shot matters. And now I take that attitude into every vault. I know now not to take any attempt lightly.

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

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

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