Quotes from Adam Ondra

Czech people are quite hard to get to know, in my opinion.

I think it's possible to climb the Dawn Wall in a single day. No matter what, it would be really, really hard.

I remember when I started climbing more seriously. That was when I was six years old.

Climbing in a beautiful location, the goal is not to power my way up but to become for that moment a part of the landscape, part of the rock.

I came to Flatanger with a plan in my mind to bolt a really, really hard thing that would be beautiful and keep me motivated to try it for a long time, in some underdeveloped area.

What really motivates me to climb harder and harder is not necessarily that I want to push my limits or show who's best, but climbing harder and harder routes makes it more fun.

I think speed climbing is kind of an artificial discipline. Climbers compete on the same holds and train on the same holds, which doesn't have much in common with the climbing philosophy in my opinion.

The harder routes you climb, the more interesting the climbing gets and the more crazy moves you are forced to figure out.

I think in general the American scene is much more focused on bouldering, where in Europe they're more focused on sport climbing.

For the Olympics, I'm mostly training in the gym, so I'm running laps on the standard speed wall.

Normally, it's more efficient to climb fast.

I have always wanted to compete in the Olympic Games.

I felt the strongest impulse to climb when I entered my first competitions.

Climbing in the Olympics would be my dream, but I'm not so optimistic that it will make it in 2020.

My diet is mostly composed of whole-grain cereals, legumes, beans, lentils. Lots of cooked, baked, or steamed vegetables. Lots of spices like curcumin or cumin that help aid digestion. Some superfoods.

Because grades in climbing are subjective, I am fan of making big gaps between climbing grades.