“If I go into years only thinking about medals I'm missing the whole me...” — Armand Duplantis Quote

“If I go into years only thinking about medals I'm missing the whole meaning of what I've always been trying to do, which is trying to push myself and push the barriers of what is possible.”

“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.”

“My father might have got me to 5.80 m, but I definitely give just as much credit, and maybe even more, to my mother, who got me to 6.00 m.”

“If you ever want to know why I'm not on a record label, look at 'The X Factor!' Honestly, of all the people that strive to break barriers in music and do good things and write great lyrics, not one of them would ever pass the first round on any of these competitions.”

“Using food as a way of understanding empire is highly effective. Food knows no barriers of race, gender or even time.”

“For the Americans, laws are barriers to profits; it's a different mentality.”