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There's a terrible delight in watching a rival sink without a trace
In a word I was a pioneer, and therefore had to blaze my own trail.
I used to feel very lonely on the team. The boys would all pair up.
The sponsorship offers have been amazing. I have to turn down a lot.
poverty denotes a lack of necessities and simplicity a lack of needs.
I normally don't listen to my instincts because I'm so full of doubt.
My success has got so great, it's like I'm trapped, almost, within it.
I have contacts with the Tour de France which keep me close to cycling.
I think I might become a pescatarian. I love sushi, couldn't give it up.
Suffering for eight hours...the most unpleasant experience I've ever had.
I've been promoted to middle management. I never thought I'd sink so low.
When I see pot-bellied cyclists wearing the 'maillot jaune,' it appals me.
My strength was that I am more balanced and calmer than most other riders.
I could scrape water off horses all day long. That would never get boring.
I go round and round in circles, really, really fast, on a big wooden bowl.
The manner in which one loses the battle can sometimes outshine the victory.
I compete in a sport on an individual basis, but I have never done it for me.
You can't get fit in one workout, just as you can't live your life in one day.
I slept like a baby the night before, because I knew that I'd win the next day.
To be free and to live a free life - that is the most beautiful thing there is.
I was put on a pony as a kid at some birthday party when you're all led around.
I'm not the perfect model of what an athlete should be, mentally or physically.
It's an evolution. The same team doesn't always dominate, and it goes in cycles.
I quite enjoy sport, and I'm now an Olympic champion. It's a bit weird, isn't it?
The first time I rode a bike I was four or five. I crashed into the back of a car.
Why should sports men and women get punished harsher than people in the normal world?
Buying a bicycle is a momentous event, akin to marriage: you are acquiring a partner.
I've lost a lot more races than I've ever won... it's all part of the journey, really.
It really is all about believing in yourself: 80 per cent mental, 20 per cent physical.
I've never pretended that I'm not female and vulnerable. To me, it's just being honest.
apartheid still hangs in the air like a poisonous cloud left over from chemical warfare.
I naturally favour a clean, healthy diet. A salad sandwich is one of my favourite meals!
I have the impression that cycling is no longer a game but rather an employment... a job.
I am working as public relations director for the Tour de France and maintaining my farm.
hatred, however apparently justifiable, excusable or inevitable, always damages the hater.
I worried I was a boyish shape. I always thought I might grow some, but it never happened.
I love working with kids and I want to just be able to do it from my heart and not as a job.
I like my hands. Which is lucky as I have to spend all day looking at them on the handlebars.
I think cycling has always had a tradition of being a bit dapper, especially back in the day.
The sprint is sometimes like a toss of a coin. Sometimes it's heads, and sometimes it's tails.
To prepare for a race there is nothing better than a good pheasant, some champagne and a woman.
If I had been born with an aggressive character, then maybe my palmares would have been longer.
With sports, you get the results back right away. With life, it's not always so black and white.
It would be great to be recognised for my achievements, but Sports Personality isn't about that.
In Italy it's full-on stardom when you're a cyclist - eating in restaurants for free, it's great.
We don't talk about courage much in our everyday conversations, but I am comfortable with it now.
I went to Australia and did a three day hike with my fiance through the wilderness, which was nice.
There will always be cheaters. It is human nature. It will never be 100 percent clean, in any sport.
I love watching Crufts on the television, especially the agility tests; I find them very impressive.
I've been told from the start, 'Don't fall in love with the horses'. But that's so hard. I'm in awe.