Quotes by Geraint Thomas - Page 1

Life's not fair, I guess.
Geraint Thomas /
Not Fair
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I'm a big fan of Anthony Joshua.
Geraint Thomas /
Big Fan
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Brits love an underdog, don't they?
Geraint Thomas /
Brits
Underdog
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I had a normal, nice upbringing in Cardiff.
Geraint Thomas /
Upbringing
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I've put on a helmet more times than I've buckled a seatbelt.
Geraint Thomas /
Helmet
Times
Put
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Winning that team-pursuit Olympic gold medal was unbelievable.
Geraint Thomas /
Gold
Medal
Unbelievable
Gold Medal
Olympic
Olympic Gold
Olympic Gold Medal
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Of course you want a better culture of cycling in the U.K. Better roads. More respect.
Geraint Thomas /
Cycling
Roads
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You will have ups and downs - but believe anything is possible. With hard work, it can come off.
Geraint Thomas /
Work
Anything Is Possible
Believe
Hard
Hard Work
Will
Work Hard Work Believe
Come
Anything
Possible
Downs
Off
Ups
Ups And Downs
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I like riding for five or six hours, then sitting on the sofa staring at the TV. It's my normal.
Geraint Thomas /
Riding
Sofa
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I get moody when I'm tired or hungry. My missus says I get moody... but not with other people. But I can get grumpy.
Geraint Thomas /
Grumpy
Hungry
Moody
Tired
Says
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The last thing I want to do, even in the off-season, is traipse around shops looking for clothes: it's not my thing.
Geraint Thomas /
Off Season
Shops
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In a stage race, you can have bad luck or make a mistake, and it's not the end of the race. You have more opportunities.
Geraint Thomas /
Bad Luck
Luck
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Everyone in the world of cycling knows how much it is a team sport as well as individual. It's just amazing to be a part of.
Geraint Thomas /
Cycling
Sport
How Much
Team Sport
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In Britain, we have this attitude that people are one-hit wonders. If it proves that way, I'd rather have had that one hit than not at all.
Geraint Thomas /
One-Hit
Wonders
Proves
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I have come to see what the Tour is about, and it has been harder than I imagined. You don't realise what it is like until you actually compete.
Geraint Thomas /
Compete
Realise
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I miss the BBC when I'm away. I'm away so much that it's a pleasure just walking back through the door and sitting on the sofa to watch some rubbish TV.
Geraint Thomas /
Rubbish
Bbc
Just Walking
Sofa
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I just love riding my bike - no more so than at home in Cardiff and in South Wales on the roads where I started out, riding with my mates who I grew up with.
Geraint Thomas /
Bike
Mates
Riding
Wales
Love Home Where
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I rode for Maindy Flyers, a local kids' club from Cardiff. We started travelling across the country doing races, but Manchester was the first stage race I did.
Geraint Thomas /
Flyers
Manchester
Races
Rode
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My wife, she puts up with a lot: we're training hard, you're tired, you're not eating a lot, so you get a bit grumpy, so she does put up with a lot - fair play.
Geraint Thomas /
Fair Play
Grumpy
Puts
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It's hard to put into words, really, how proud I am and great it is to represent Wales because, in cycling, it's a little-known country, so it's nice to put it on the map.
Geraint Thomas /
Cycling
Wales
Map
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Just dream big. Go for it. There's nothing holding you back. You can have ups and downs, but if you believe in something, keep the faith; keep fighting. And don't let people put you down.
Geraint Thomas /
Dream
Faith
Believe
Fighting
Just
Nothing
Go
Big
Back
Down
Dream Big
Go For It
Holding
Put
Something
Ups
Ups And Downs
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I regret not paying a bit more attention to Welsh lessons at school. My Welsh is pretty ropey, as back at my school, people didn't take Welsh lessons seriously. My dad can speak it, so I wish he'd taught me some growing up.
Geraint Thomas /
Lessons
Regret
Welsh
Dad Me People
Paying
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I don't mind it when people come up to me and say, 'Well done.' That's lovely. The bit that's weird is stuff like... I've had a load of eBay people hounding me. Just sort of getting you to sign stuff which they can then sell.
Geraint Thomas /
Done
Ebay
Load
Lovely
Mind
Stuff
Well Done
Weird
Me Weird People
Done Mind Me
Mind Me People
Bit
Getting
Sell
Well
Sign
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When you're eating salad and quinoa while training, all you want is a burger. In the cycling season, when I'm doing 30-odd hours of exercise a week, I'm dreaming of burgers and curries that I'll have at the end of the season.
Geraint Thomas /
Cycling
Salad
Burger
Dreaming
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You get into such a routine of trying so hard each day and racing between 180 and 220 km., and as soon as you stop, it's weird, but you start to seize up. So it's easier if you keep the body ticking over. You just feel better for it come race day.
Geraint Thomas /
Each Day
Racing
Routine
Seize
Ticking
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I was fortunate to be born when I was. There's been a massive rise in British cycling since I joined the junior programme when I was 17. It all started in 2004 when Chris Hoy won gold for the 1 km. time trial in Athens; when one person starts doing well, they take everyone with them.
Geraint Thomas /
Athens
Cycling
Fortunate
Gold
Massive
Rise
Chris
Joined
Junior
Programme
Trial
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