I began with track and field because this is what I know.

The Olympics are always a special competition. It is very difficult to predict what will happen.

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

My policy was just to give good things for sports in my region.

I began with track and field because this is what I know.

I have spoken with many former athletes, and they tell me the best time they had was in sports. I listen to them and use their experience in my career.

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.