"Robert Eugene 'Bob' Richards", nicknamed the "Vaulting Vicar" or the "Pole Vaulting Parson" in his competitive days, was a versatile athlete who made three US Olympic Teams in two events. He competed in the 1948 Summer Olympics/1948, 1952 Summer Olympics/1952, and 1956 Summer Olympics as a pole vaulter, and as a decathlon/decathlete in 1956.

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Ingenuity, plus courage, plus work, equals miracles.

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We feel very fortunate over here.

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The political involvement was more than I'd ever experienced. You either succeed or go home in that kind of environment.

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Is not that a great principle for all of living? The people who will really accomplish great things in life are those who are willing to discipline their lives, who maintain their health, their vitality, their efficiency through this process of rigorous disciplining of what they take into their bodies and what they do in life. It's a very important thing in terms of championship living.

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It was a real culture shock. It was a very fast-paced, demanding fishbowl.

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I won it, at least five million times. Men who were stronger, bigger and faster than I was could have done it, but they never picked up a pole, and never made the feeble effort to pick their legs off the ground and get over the bar.

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I was quite enjoying the time, frankly. I was traveling, working around the house, golfing and helping my daughters.

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The audience responds and you can see it start. The next step is trying to figure out another way to get (an act) into town.

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You are what you think. You are what you go for. You are what you do!

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