Armand Duplantis Quotes

Armand Duplantis

Profession : Athlete

Birth : November 10, 1999

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

Armand Duplantis

Growing up... you see Bubka as almost this mythological creature. He was not real in the things that he was doing, they didn't seem possible. Any record where you can knock him down a ranking is a pretty special feeling.

Armand Duplantis

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

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 watching me the better.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Armand Duplantis