There's so much more important parts other than pole vaulting.

It's hard to pass up a pole vault opportunity here in Des Moines. The crowd was so great when I was at the mall and I was pumped up and I thought technically I was on and I figured where else to open up my outdoor season than here.

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.

Infrastructure is much more important than architecture.

The view outside was much more important than the exhibits.

It is much more important to know what sort of a patient has a disease than what sort of a disease a patient has.