Pain Is Temporary. Eventually It Will Subside.

There Were No Shortcuts, I Realized. It Took Years Of Racing To Build Up The Mind And Body And Character Until A Rider Had Logged Hundreds Of Races And Thousands Of Miles Of Road. I Wouldn't Be Able To Win A Tour De France Until I Had Enough Iron In My Legs, And Lungs, And Brain And Heart.

I Guess If A Person Never Quit When The Going Got Tough, They Wouldn't Have Anything To Regret For The Rest Of Their Life.

I Guess If I Looked At It From An Athletic Standpoint, I Don't Really Need To Win Another Tour. Seven Tours For Me Was A Dream, Six Broke The Record, So That Eight Doesn't Really Mean Much.

Made Plenty Of Mistakes Along The Way - All Of Which I Am Truly Sorry.

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?