We sped on, across the plains, toward Metz. I hung back, saving myself. It is called the Race of Truth. The early stages separate the strong riders from the weak. Now the weak would be eliminated altogether.

Motivation can't take you very far if you don't have the legs.

I've committed to surfing the rest of my life.

It's tougher for me. But I don't think that's imperative to me starting a new movement, or revive an old movement, to help people.

The unwillingness to accept anything short of victory, that underlying fury, is the fundamental building block of my bottomless motivation to succeed. It is my credo in all that I do in life from battling cancer to bicycle racing.

Hey. Pain can last a moment, it can last a day, it can last a week, it can last a long..long time, but it can't last forever and the only thing that can last forever is if you quit.

My cocktail, so to speak, was only EPO, but not a lot, transfusions and testosterone.