It's not like I've been vaulting my whole life. I haven't. So my body hasn't taken that physical beating. I'm still on the upscale.

There's so much more important parts other than pole vaulting.

I've made some mistakes before.

Pole vaulting is an event of high and lows.

It was a lot to get used to, especially in warm-ups with the wind all over the place. As the meet went on it steadied out, so I was able to get some good looks to go back and train from.

The only difference between a wish and a prayer is that you're at the mercy of the universe for the first, and you've got some help with the second.

A peaceful home is as sacred a place as any chapel or cathedral.

All sensitive people agree that there is a peculiar emotion provoked by works of art.

Childhood is the purest state. The pure of heart never leave it behind. Their life merely takes them on a cirtuitous route away from, and then back to it.

Empowered women who reach tough or unconventional positions make CHOICES not sacrifices

It is a kingly act to assist the fallen.

The human condition ... is defined by the aspiration to always supersede oneself, which in turn requires nonconformity.

But Dally, heaters kill people! Ya' kill 'em with switchblades to, don'tcha?

My interest in philosophy began as early as eight years old - I started thinking about those kinds of heavy questions about life and humanity.

Me and Charles Manson like the same ice cream.