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I'm not trying to justify myself, or say I'm not sorry, or not contrite.
Winning is about heart, not just legs. It's got to be in the right place.
I have never doped. I can say it again, but I've said it for seven years.
I thought I knew what fear was, until I heard the words 'You have cancer'.
If I can't face my accusers, that's a joke. We did that in medieval times.
We have two options, medically and emotionally: give up or fight like hell.
It can't be any simpler: the farewell is going to be on the Champs-Elysees.
The idea that anybody was forced, or pressured, or encouraged, is not true.
Knowledge is power, community is strength and positive attitude is everything
But, listen, Eddie Merkyx would have won six Tours if he hadn't been punched.
The body is telling the mind to stop. The mind is telling the body to shut up.
There comes a point in every man's life when he has to say: 'Enough is enough.'
I've given gifts in the Tour de France and it's come back to bit me. So no gifts.
I will spend the rest of my life trying to earn back trust and apologize to people.
It's nice to win. I'll never win again. I may have to take up golf - take on Tiger.
If you ever get a second chance in life for something, you've got to go all the way.
No one automatically gives you respect just because you show up. You have to earn it
I'm not willing to put a percentage on the chances but I will no longer rule it out.
My cocktail, so to speak, was only EPO, but not a lot, transfusions and testosterone.
My greatest point is my persistence... However down I am, I fight until the last ball.
If there is a defining characteristic of a man as opposed to a boy, maybe it's patience.
I know what happened to cycling from 1999 to 2005. I saw its growth, I saw its expansion.
One of the redeeming things about being an athlete is redefining what is humanly possible.
If we don't somehow stem the tide of childhood obesity, we're going to have a huge problem.
You can teach someone how to control their strength, but you can't teach them to be strong.
A bicycle is the long-sought means of transportation for all of us who have runaway hearts.
I have never had a single positive doping test, and I do not take performance-enhancing drugs.
Marathons are hard because of the physical pain, the pounding on the muscles, joints, tendons.
My mom was such a strong character. I don't want to say she was like a man, but she was tough.
Pain is temporary. Eventually it will subside. If I quit, however, the surrender stays with me.
I am just coming into my best years. This year I did new things; stretching and abdominal work.
Life to me is a series of false limits and my challenge as an athlete is to explore those limits
Do it even if you shouldn't, do it becuase you want to, do it becuase it will make things better.
It's ironic, I used to ride my bike to make a living. Now I just want to live so that I can ride.
It's simple. Success comes from training harder, living better and digging deeper than the others.
How many times do I have to say it? … Well, it can't be any clearer than 'I've never taken drugs.'
If life gives you lemons, drink the juice in order to mask the presence of performing-enhancing drugs.
Well, you better ride like you stole something 'cause you are about to win a stage in the Tour de Fance.
There's no rule, no law, no regulation that says you can't come back. So I have every right to come back.
I don't need a field of a thousand people. Anybody can tell you that whoever needs help, I'm happy to help.
I believe that the mind powers the body, and once the mind says we want to do it, then the body will follow.
So if there is a purpose to the suffering that is cancer, I think it must be this: it's meant to improve us.
There was more happiness in the process, in the build, in the preparation. The winning was almost phoned in.
When you know your not going to die, you have to ask yourself... What's the highest and best use for myself.
Two things scare me. The first is getting hurt. But that's not nearly as scary as the second, which is losing.
If you're trying to hide something, you wouldn't keep getting away with it for 10 years. Nobody is that clever.
When I was sick, I didn't want to die. When I race, I don't want to lose. Dying and losing, it's the same thing.
It's a great feeling when someone like Bernard Hinault comes up to you on the podium to say 'Welcome to the club
I have been dealing with claims that I cheated and had an unfair advantage in winning my seven Tours since 1999.
Everybody wants to know what I'm on. What am I on? I'm on my bike busting my ass six hours a day. What are you on?