Armand Duplantis Quotes

Armand Duplantis

Profession : Athlete

Birth : November 10, 1999

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

Armand Duplantis

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

Armand Duplantis

The position I am in, I never really imagined, people talking to me about leading the whole sport of track and field? I am just a pole vaulter, it is such a strange and unique event.

Armand Duplantis

I know I'm capable of great things. I could jump really high and break world records and push boundaries that no man has gone into.

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 I wanted to jump in my underwear.

Armand Duplantis

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

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I love being a Sweden athlete.

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

Sport works that way, once someone moves on new stars step up and that is always the case.

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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

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

Armand Duplantis

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

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If I go into years only thinking about medals I'm missing the whole meaning of what I've always been trying to do, which is trying to push myself and push the barriers of what is possible.

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 my mother, who got me to 6.00 m.

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

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

Armand Duplantis

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

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

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

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Renaud was my absolute idol.

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