With athletes, it's never fully understood the level to which we push ourselves. Especially in an endurance sport.

I am kind of like a diesel. It is the cyclist in me.

That's what is most satisfying, is having overcome that pain. Pain that is so intense that when you finish, it feels like you're going to die. That's what I wanted, and that's what I got.

I am nowhere near my limit. I just want to see if there are such things as limits. I want to go and find out.

What I have to do now is figure where my passion is, and follow my heart; I've proven that if I have the passion for something then I can succeed. I haven't been listening to my heart in the last little while.

I was, without exaggeration, a delinquent teenager.

My goal is to try to avoid a regular job.