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I am just coming into my best years. This year I did new things; stretching and abdominal work.
I came to the conclusion that I'm not going to give up cycling because some people are cheating.
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.
I don't listen to any music when I train - I do it outdoors, and I'm not a fan of iPods on bikes.
When you're a young pro from an undeveloped country in road cycling then you're on the back foot.
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.'
We certainly will prepare consciously and professionally, but still you cannot predict the future.
Part of me worries about upsetting people, because we all have perceptions about Olympic champions.
When you're in the heat of the moment, you need guys you can trust and who have been there for you.
That's the great thing about the Tour. There's always next year and the chance to rectify everything.
If life gives you lemons, drink the juice in order to mask the presence of performing-enhancing drugs.
It's my job. It's not a hobby, it's how I put food on the table for my family. I have to be on a bike.
You concentrate just on yourself. I can't wallow in anything, can't worry about what others are doing.
It's cool to be in the paper every once in awhile and people read about you and they know who you are.
I raced locally for a year, went to Europe the year after and went to the Olympics the year after that.
I love cycling. I am going to keep racing as hard as I can until this body doesn't allow me to any more.
It is cycling as a professional sport that represents the problem. It can transform someone into a liar.
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.
I'm very aware that to reach the same level and have the same amount of success will be extremely difficult.
I went to see Ocean Colour Scene at Shepherds Bush and and felt part of something. They paved the way for me.
My dad was a professional track racer. It's in my genes, and my first memories as a baby were in a velodrome.
There's a lot out there for me to learn that isn't in college, so I think it's fine for me if I don't go yet.
It's difficult, and it's an incredibly fine balance between getting your weight right down and being anorexic.
Two things scare me. The first is getting hurt. But that's not nearly as scary as the second, which is losing.
I'm not getting bored with cycling or winning - I love it. But I need to give myself new targets all the time.
I constantly do puzzle books. Smash through them. My iPad's full of them. Logic puzzles. Bridges. Slitherlink.
To win more medals at Beijing is just fantastic, and British cycling has come a huge way in the last few years.
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.
If people really want to clean the sport of cycling up, all you have to do is put your money where your mouth is.
My mum put herself in £50,000 of debt to service my sporting career. She did everything for me to pursue my dream.
I love downtown Seattle. It's a city that has all of the outdoor activities and is still a very cosmopolitan city.
I've always thought that travelling every day as a journalist on the Tour's got to be harder than actually racing.
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?
It's something I find enjoyable. Whether it is a road bike or mountain bike or tandem bike. I enjoy riding a bike.
I joined the swim team when I was 12, and I was the worst kid in the pool - I was put with a group of 7-year-olds.
I love track racing and I'm proud to be a British cyclist and proud to pull on the jersey to represent my country.
I began cycling round the Serpentine because it was the only closed route in London where I could ride traffic-free.
In my most painful moments on the bike, I am at my most curious and I wonder each and every time how I will respond.