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

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.

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

It never gets easier; you just go faster.

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.

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.