I am alone, some people help me, but, basically, I can do what I want.

The strategy of my coach and me was that we looked at pictures of all the best pole vaulters from around the world, and we took the best parts from them, and we created a person that had never existed. We then started to work toward being such a person.

I have bought pole vault equipment, the landing areas, posts, which costs a lot of money. We pay for coaches

You need to work very hard, you have to spend a lot of time practicing your sport - six to seven hours daily.

I think that focusing on the money, on the business, is not enough.

I love the pole vault because it is a professor's sport. One must not only run and jump, but one must think. Which pole to use, which height to jump, which strategy to use. I love it because the results are immediate and the strongest is the winner. Everyone knows it. In everyday life that is difficult to prove.

Even now, I want to keep my amateur spirit, to spend my time, to be in the sport with all my heart.