Bob Richards > Quotes

“There are many people who could be Olympic champions. All-Americans who have never tried. I'd estimate more than 5 million people could have beaten me in the pole vault the years I won it... at least 5 million. Men that were stronger, bigger and faster than I was could have done it, but they never picked up a pole, never made the feeble effort to pick their legs off the ground trying to get over the bar.”
― Bob Richards - pole vaulter two-time Olympic Gold Medalist

“Go and sin no more. Be what God intends you to be.”
― Bob Richards, The Heart of a Champion: Inspiring True Stories of Challenge and Triumph

“It is easy to be great when you get around great people.”
― bob richards