So if there is a purpose to the suffering that is cancer, I think it must be this: it's meant to improve us.

I think I bit off more than I could chew. I thought the marathon would be easier. For the level of condition that I have now... that was without a doubt the hardest physical thing I have ever done.

I spent a long time trying to build up an organisation [the Lance Armstrong Foundation that changed its name to Livestrong after his confession] to help a lot of people.

I believe that the mind powers the body, and once the mind says we want to do it, then the body will follow.

It's ironic, I used to ride my bike to make a living. Now I just want to live so that I can ride.

Everything in my life is in perspective. OK, perspective ebbs and flows. I've had bad days, but they weren't in the last years. A bad day is 2 October 1996: 'We've got bad news for you, you've got advanced testicular cancer and you've got a coin's toss chance of survival.' That's a bad day.

I've given gifts in the Tour de France and it's come back to bit me. So no gifts.