At the end of the day, if there was indeed some Body or presence standing there to judge me, I hoped I would be judged on whether I had lived a true life, not on whether I believed in a certain book, or whether I'd been baptized. If there was indeed a God at the end of my days, I hoped he didn't say, But you were never a Christian, so you're going the other way from heaven. If so, I was going to reply, You know what? You're right. Fine.

I joined the swim team when I was 12, and I was the worst kid in the pool - I was put with a group of 7-year-olds.

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.

In my most painful moments on the bike, I am at my most curious and I wonder each and every time how I will respond.

One of the redeeming things about being an athlete is redefining what is humanly possible.

I didn't live a lot of lies, but I lived one big one.

I have never doped. I can say it again, but I've said it for seven years.