High jump is such a mental thing. It's you against the bar. It's something that a lot of people struggle with, and people experience slumps and plateaus because of it.
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It's not about how high you jump. It's about how high everyone else jumps.
When I was younger, I did not have the strength to jump well enough, but over the years I have gained that, worked on it. But the sensibility you simply have to have.
When you're jumping, it's just an aggressiveness, but I think the exhilaration and the fun comes after you make the bar and you're falling. That's the best part - a few seconds to celebrate and relax.
People like to set the bar high. I like to put the bar on the ground and barely step over it. I like to keep the expectations really low.
This sport gives you the highest highs and the lowest lows.
People don't want other people to get high, because if you get high, you might see the falsity of the fabric of the society we live in.
When I was younger, I used to be a high jumper before I switched to hurdles.
Growing up as a high jumper, I said if I could ever jump 2.40, I'd be pretty satisfied with my career. It's definitely a barrier for high jumpers.
The one thing I do that nobody else does is jump three and four times for one rebound.
On a dirt bike, when you're sizing up a jump, you can't have any second thoughts. You have to fully commit. If you don't, a lot of things can go wrong.
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