It doesn't get any easier; you just get faster.

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.

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

More people should apologize, and more people should accept apologies when sincerely made.

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

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.

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.