Before the Olympics, there's always been a part of me that's wanted to write a book about Women's cycling because there isn't one out there and I think there's a lot to be said.

Life is too sweet and too short to express our affection with just our thumbs. Touch is meant for more than a keyboard.

Cycling is such an endurance sport. I don't think it's the worst thing ever to start when you're in your twenties.

When it comes down to it, determination has a greater impact than giftedness.

I would love to end my European campaign with the World Championship stripes on my back. But everything else that I have in my mind right now is to continue working with and having my little camps for women cyclists.

When I was a runner and competing in triathlons I was having pains in my hip and just treating it as an injury. I would ice it and take anti-inflammatories, but it just wouldn't go away. I finally went into my doctor and we did x-rays and had an MRI and diagnosed it as osteoarthritis. At that point I stopped doing anything that was impactful to my hip joints.

I think that with some education there are real possibilities at the high school and college level, but more so at the college level, to bring people into cycling.