There are few things that you can't do as long as you are willing to apply yourself.

The problem with being a Tour de France winner is you always have that feeling of disappointment if you don't win again. That's the curse of the Tour de France.

Even good people are obliged to deceive.

I rode in a nine-day charity ride recently, averaged 43km a day and still finished in the lead group. I'm 38, not quite finished yet.

When you get second place, you say 'I could have won it here, I could have won it there.' When you win, you never say anything; it's finished.

Perhaps the single most important element in mastering the techniques and tactics of racing is experience. But once you have the fundamentals, acquiring the experience is a matter of time.

If Lance is clean, it is the greatest comeback in the history of sports. If he isn't, it would be the greatest fraud.