In this quote, Sergei Bubka, a former Ukrainian pole vaulter and Olympic gold medalist, is highlighting the short lived nature of a profession in sports. He is stressing that the time invested as a professional athlete is limited and goes by rapidly. Bubka is most likely reviewing his own experiences and the awareness that even the most successful and celebrated professional athletes have a brief window of time to compete at their peak level. This quote works as a pointer to treasure and maximize the chances provided on the planet of sports, as they are short-lived and can quickly pertain to an end.
This quote is written / told by Sergei Bubka somewhere between February 4, 1963 and today. He was a famous Athlete from Ukraine.
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"Life is life - whether in a cat, or dog or man. There is no difference there between a cat or a man. The idea of difference is a human conception for man's own advantage"