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

It never gets easier; you just go faster.

Racing is a very selfish, self-centred, self-glorifying thing. My wife's life for 14 years was centered around me. It was all about me. It was all for my ego.

If people really want to clean the sport of cycling up, all you have to do is put your money where your mouth is.

I have always struggled to achieve excellence. One thing that cycling has taught me is that if you can achieve something without a struggle, it's not going to be satisfying.

There are so many people who have died of cycling, and that didn't happen when I was racing.

I'm more optimistic about cycling right now than I've ever been.