The Olympics are always a special competition, it is very difficult to predict what will happen.
And, of course, method is very important as is a high-quality specialist (trainer) working with you to keep you going in the right direction for your improvement and to help create results.
Even now I want to keep my amateur spirit, to spend my time, to be in the sport with all my heart.
I am alone, some people help me, but, basically, I can do what I want.
We started with that, basically to help kids, and then we created a pole vault school, which is part of the club and exists to this day. The club and school exist.
Today I have 35 people who work in the club and associated businesses.
Sports life is very short.
I think that, generally, you need to live with your sport 24 hours a day.
I decided to create a sports club during the Soviet times. It was my dream.
I have bought pole vault equipment, the landing areas, posts, which costs a lot of money. We pay for coaches.
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 think that focusing on the money, on the business, is not enough.
People come from around the world and can understand each other without even speaking the same languages!
My main idea was to create a sports facility for the basics. This is why I established the club.
My policy was just to give good things for sports in my region.