A boo is a lot louder than a cheer, if you have 10 people cheering and one person booing, all you hear is the booing.

If you worried about falling off the bike, you'd never get on.

There was certainly a dishonesty there that I think is totally regrettable and inexcusable. The ringleading, the bullying: not totally true.

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.

If there is a defining characteristic of a man as opposed to a boy, maybe it's patience.

Cancer doesn’t care if you’re Republican or Democrat.

Your past forms you, whether you like it or not. Each encounter and experience has its own effect, and you're shaped the way the wind shapes a mesquite tree on a plain.