Quotes by Victoria Pendleton - Page 2

I have always loved animals and groomed friends' horses as a child. I think I may have even ridden the odd seaside donkey in my early years.
Victoria Pendleton / Cyclist
Donkey
Odd
Early Years
Horses
Ridden
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I love sport and will do just about anything. Someone said they'd had a go at skiing off a mountain with a parachute, and that sounds great!
Victoria Pendleton / Cyclist
Mountain
Skiing
Love Great Will
Parachute
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I think women are by nature competitive - secretly, privately within their own selves, on lots of different levels, on the way they look, perform.
Victoria Pendleton / Cyclist
Different Levels
Levels
Women Are
Competitive
Privately
Secretly
Selves
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The men couldn't understand how I could be so successful and so insecure at the same time - because it doesn't really exist in the same way in the male psyche.
Victoria Pendleton / Cyclist
Insecure
Male
Psyche
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As a teenager, I wanted to look like the early '90s curvy supermodels. Even in my early 20s, I always said as soon as I retired from cycling, I'd get a boob job.
Victoria Pendleton / Cyclist
Curvy
Cycling
Early 20s
Retired
Teenager
Soon
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We are all totally committed as elite athletes. To think that pushing people around and bullying them is the best way to get results out of them is just ludicrous.
Victoria Pendleton / Cyclist
Best Way
Bullying
Committed
Pushing
Best People Way
Athletes
Elite
Ludicrous
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I really love routine and so I've never found it a problem. I really enjoy it. I don't mind somebody organising what I have to do. I'm a creature of habit in some ways.
Victoria Pendleton / Cyclist
Mind
Routine
Way
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I'm not one for going out on the town on Friday night, as I've never been a big drinker, so I like getting the rubbish jobs out of the way so we can enjoy our free time.
Victoria Pendleton / Cyclist
Free Time
Friday
Friday Night
Rubbish
Drinker
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Even though I've won numerous titles and an Olympic gold medal, there are still so many faults in my performance that I can honestly hardly bear to watch the videos back.
Victoria Pendleton / Cyclist
Faults
Gold
Medal
Titles
Bear
Gold Medal
Hardly
Numerous
Olympic
Olympic Gold
Olympic Gold Medal
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I'm very passionate about my two Dobermans, Stella and Mr Jonty. I go on and on and on about them, and people have to tell me to shut up before I get out pictures of them.
Victoria Pendleton / Cyclist
Shut Up
Stella
Me People Go
Mr
Shut
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There's footage of me bouncing around, all uncoordinated, trying to work out how on earth you're supposed to do a rising trot on a really extravagant moving eventing horse.
Victoria Pendleton / Cyclist
Extravagant
Horse
Work Out
Bouncing
Footage
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We've all said, 'No, no, I couldn't do that... ' But actually, you could if you just went, 'You know what? I will... and I shall.' Once you realise that, it's quite wonderful.
Victoria Pendleton / Cyclist
Realise
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As you ride in a steeplechase, and you're on the horse, going quite fast, you think, 'That's quite a big fence...' But trust the horse, and don't give him any reason to doubt you.
Victoria Pendleton / Cyclist
Fence
Horse
Ride
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I genuinely enjoy the process of making colourful, delicious food. But I do allow myself an occasional piece of chocolate - today I had a pastry. If I fancy something, I'll have it.
Victoria Pendleton / Cyclist
Chocolate
Delicious
Delicious Food
Enjoy
Fancy
Occasional
Process
Today
Allow
Genuinely
Pastry
Piece
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As a kid growing up - I can see now - it didn't matter what I did, as long as it was something I could be really good at. Cycling just happened to be the opportunity that came along.
Victoria Pendleton / Cyclist
Cycling
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Oddly enough you'd think, now that I wasn't training professionally, I'd be able to enjoy a lie-in at the weekend, but I actually slept more when I was competing because I was so tired.
Victoria Pendleton / Cyclist
Competing
Tired
Oddly
Professionally
Slept
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I like to eat healthily anyway and I think I've become more disciplined now I've retired - because I'm such a creature of habit, I don't find it hard to do. I quite enjoy the challenge.
Victoria Pendleton / Cyclist
Challenges
Habit
Thinking
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In tennis, you can have a bad set and still win. The part of track cycling that is difficult to find in other sports is that it's so final; there's no second chance if you make a mistake.
Victoria Pendleton / Cyclist
Cycling
Second Chance
Tennis
Track
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A lot of women in sport tend to take on a very masculine, aggressive look. They want to be perceived as being strong and powerful. I never lost that sense of wanting to retain my femininity.
Victoria Pendleton / Cyclist
Aggressive
Being Strong
Femininity
Masculine
Perceived
Retain
Wanting
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What the event will be like, being part of the Olympics and being in London, is too much to think about. You've no control over those things, so in a way, it's wasted energy to think of them.
Victoria Pendleton / Cyclist
Olympics
Event
Wasted
No Control
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People will put restrictions on your ability, on your aptitude, on your talent, on your character, and to be honest, it's just opinion. Don't let anyone put you in a box or draw your path for you.
Victoria Pendleton / Cyclist
Ability
Aptitude
Character
Honest
Opinion
Path
Talent
Anyone
Box
Draw
Put
Restrictions
To Be Honest
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People say, 'Wow, you've achieved it all this year: two world championship wins and an Olympic gold medal.' And I think, 'Yeah, but how come I feel so unsatisfied and under pressure all over again?'
Victoria Pendleton / Cyclist
Championship
Gold
Medal
Unsatisfied
World People Feel
Achieved
World People Pressure
Gold Medal
Olympic
Olympic Gold
Olympic Gold Medal
Wins
World Championship
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I've been taught by some of the best strength and conditioning coaches in the country, and I've learnt that technique for weight training and cycling is very much more strength and less conditioning.
Victoria Pendleton / Cyclist
Coaches
Conditioning
Cycling
Technique
Learnt
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I often felt that I didn't train and race enough team sprint to get it right. You need to know that you've got a place to have that continuity of results. Am I in? Am I out of this one? That's tough.
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Continuity
Sprint
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I've always been like this - insecure - because I'm striving for something that can't be attained. I don't just want to be OK at this: I want to be the best at it, and I've never achieved that in my mind.
Victoria Pendleton / Cyclist
Insecure
Achieved
Attained
Striving
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People may think I'm crazy, but one of the ways I like to wind down my Friday is to get some of our household chores done, whether it's cleaning or doing a big food shop, so the house is all nice for the weekend.
Victoria Pendleton / Cyclist
Chores
Cleaning
Friday
House
Wind
Shop
Ways
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I was constantly being told I shouldn't talk so much about how I was feeling. They seemed to think I was giving too much away to my competitors. Showing signs of weakness. But I've always thought that was rubbish.
Victoria Pendleton / Cyclist
Competitors
Rubbish
Weakness
Showing
Signs
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You have to be realistic. I'd love to be more famous, have lots of people supporting me, people knowing my name, but I need a tennis racket or a golf club or to play football. Being a female, I don't stand a chance.
Victoria Pendleton / Cyclist
Racket
Realistic
Tennis
Golf Club
Supporting
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Anyone that has been lucky enough to go to the races and witness the magnificent spectacle of a competitive race will know how people like me can instantly fall in love with the power and beauty of race horses in full gallop.
Victoria Pendleton / Cyclist
Magnificent
Witness
Competitive
Gallop
Horses
Instantly
Races
Spectacle
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I come from a cycling background. I happened to be good at it; the opportunities came my way. It wasn't something I necessarily searched to be involved in; it wasn't a dream. I just had an opportunity which you couldn't refuse.
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Cycling
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It's a risky business being a cyclist in the UK, there are a lot of people who really dislike us. It's the Jeremy Clarkson influence - we're hated on the roads. We just hope people realise we are just flesh and bones on two wheels.
Victoria Pendleton / Cyclist
Cycling
People
Two
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Apparently, I have such a serious race face, even when I'm doing a bit of work, at first everybody wasn't sure if I was enjoying it or not. But it's absolutely exhilarating. It feels like you're one with your horse and you're flying.
Victoria Pendleton / Cyclist
Exhilarating
Flying
Horse
Work Face Your
Apparently
Enjoying
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I just want to prove that I am really good at something. And I haven't quite done that yet - at least not to myself. I know I could ride so much better, with more ease, with more finesse. I feel I'm nowhere near as good as I should be.
Victoria Pendleton / Cyclist
Ease
Finesse
Good Myself I Am
Good Myself Better
Nowhere
Near
Ride
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To be honest, after you've crossed the line at the Olympic Games, it is bedlam for the next, about, five or six hours. Media, press conference, dope control - you might get some food if you're lucky. You might see family if you're lucky.
Victoria Pendleton / Cyclist
Olympic Games
Conference
Crossed
Olympic
Press Conference
To Be Honest
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My best hair care tip would be, choose a range that is right for your hair structure. Working with Pantene has made me realize the importance of this, and it really does make a difference. I have quite thick hair, so I use the Smooth & Sleek range.
Victoria Pendleton / Cyclist
Importance
Range
Structure
Thick
Best Me Care
Make A Difference
Tip
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Don't get me wrong: there are some fantastic people who work at British Cycling who kept me together, who were there when I was struggling with it all. They were walking the same tightrope in many ways, because if you do speak up, your days are numbered.
Victoria Pendleton / Cyclist
Cycling
Work Together Me
Work Together Your
Numbered
Struggling
Tightrope
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I was always cycling for my dad. Then the coaches got bigger, and my results got better. Suddenly, the responsibility grows, and I'm doing it for somebody else, I'm doing it for a programme; I'm doing it for the country. I'm doing it for, like, everybody.
Victoria Pendleton / Cyclist
Bigger
Coaches
Cycling
Grows
Results
Programme
Suddenly
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I beat myself up the whole time because I'm striving for something I'll basically never achieve. I portray this image of confidence, of arrogance, and it's not really me. I'm never satisfied, and I'm never content. It means I'm a bit of a mess some of the time.
Victoria Pendleton / Cyclist
Arrogance
Mess
Satisfied
Time Myself Me
Striving
Portray
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You have to make the mistakes and have those failures in order to learn from them and grow and improve... But for me, the best way to combat any of that beating yourself up or overanalysing, the most important part is always to be prepared to the best of your ability.
Victoria Pendleton / Cyclist
Be Prepared
Best Way
Combat
Prepared
Best Always Yourself
Beating
Important Part
Best Me Yourself
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Eating vegetarian in the past would have been a really bad choice as an athlete. Impossible. Just being able to get the amount of protein in was a mission. You couldn't be picky. I feel quite liberated by the fact that I can now quite recklessly choose vegetarian food.
Victoria Pendleton / Cyclist
Athlete
Liberated
Picky
Protein
In The Past
Mission
Recklessly
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I never really felt I had the same respect as my male team-mates. My opinion wasn't worth as much. I used to sit quietly in meetings and not say anything, as I knew my opinions would be disregarded. And that's after I had become Olympic champion and multiple world champion.
Victoria Pendleton / Cyclist
Disregarded
Multiple
Male
Olympic
Opinions
Quietly
World Champion
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In competition, everything is very well planned in advance and very well detailed. You just stick to the plan, keep your head down and be as disciplined as possible in every aspect, whether sleep, recovery or the intensity of your training. And it's all recorded; the data is analysed.
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Data
Recovery
Sleep
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Winning the gold medal should have been the happiest day of my entire life, and it just wasn't. It felt like the saddest day of my life. Everyone was so angry with us, that Scott and I had fallen in love, because it was so unprofessional, and we were a disgrace and had betrayed everybody.
Victoria Pendleton / Cyclist
Angry
Betrayed
Disgrace
Gold
Medal
Saddest
Life Love Day
Entire Life
Gold Medal
Happiest
Scott
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One of the first coaches I worked with on the national team told me that I was too skinny, too puny, and had no natural acceleration. He said I'd be better off looking for another facet of sport to follow. That was a really, really bad moment. For a long time, I felt as if my dad was the only one who had faith in me.
Victoria Pendleton / Cyclist
Acceleration
Better Off
Coaches
National Team
Skinny
Facet
Puny
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I don't think I really knew how fit I was when I was a kid. I rode with my dad quite long distances and I've been racing since the age of nine, so we did a lot of sport growing up. My earliest memories of my dad are watching him race, so it was inevitable when we were old enough that my brother and I would get on bikes.
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Sports
Brother
Growing Up
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I think just drinking juice is too extreme for a diet. Your body needs more than juice, so I think it's a very hard thing to do - very challenging and probably very unhealthy for your body. You can't get everything you need from a juice. I love juice because it can provide you with nutrients - but drink it alongside your diet!
Victoria Pendleton / Cyclist
Diet
Drinking
Juice
Nutrients
Unhealthy
Your Body
Love Your Body
Extreme
Alongside
Body Needs
Hard Thing
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If you start lifting weights, you will expect to put weight on, as muscle is heavier than fat. But you have to look more at your body shape - you will get heavier - but you might get smaller and heavier at the same time, which is fine. And it doesn't really matter what you weigh as long as you are happy with your shape and size!
Victoria Pendleton / Cyclist
Lifting
Size
Your Body
Muscle
Fat
Time Long Your
Time Look Long
Heavier
Weights
Smaller
Weigh
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You look at a horse, and he's such a majestic, beautiful, powerful creature that you can't not be impressed. I love scraping the water off them when I wash them down because you go all round the contours, and its muscle and body, and you just think, 'Ooh, isn't this a magnificent creature.' You're touching it, and it's just solid, carved muscle.
Victoria Pendleton / Cyclist
Horse
Impressed
Magnificent
Majestic
Scraping
Muscle
Carved
Creature
Round
Solid
Ooh
Wash
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