There were something like 50 good, arduous climbs around Nice, solid inclines of ten miles or more. The trick was not to climb every once in awhile, but to climb repeatedly. I would do three different climbs in one day, over the course of a six- or seven-hour ride. A 12 mile climb took about an hour, so that tells you what my days were like.

Portland, Oregon won't build a mile of road without a mile of bike path. You can commute there, even with that weather, all the time.

Athletes don't have much use for poking around in their childhoods, because, introspection doesn't get you anywhere in a race.

My advice to you is never stop believing.

It's simple. Success comes from training harder, living better and digging deeper than the others.

Through my illness I learned rejection. I was written off. That was the moment I thought, Okay, game on. No prisoners. Everybody's going down.

Make an obstacle an opportunity, make a negative a positive.