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

There is no pill, no drug, that can do for you what one hour of exercise can.

The most important decision I ever made in my career was to live my life in sports as honestly and ethically as possible. Never having compromised my values allows me to look back on my life with no regrets and feel satisfaction in what I was able to accomplish.

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

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

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.

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.