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.

Pain is temporary. Quitting lasts forever.

[A 2005 response to doping allegations] Unfortunately, the witch hunt continues and tomorrow's article is nothing short of tabloid journalism. The paper even admits in its own article that the science in question here is faulty and that I have no way to defend myself. They state: 'There will therefore be no counter-exam nor regulatory prosecutions, in a strict sense, since defendant's rights cannot be respected.' I will simply restate what I have said many times: I have never taken performance enhancing drugs.

To all the cynics, I'm sorry for you. I'm sorry you can't believe in miracles. This is a great sporting event and hard work wins it.

But, listen, Eddie Merkyx would have won six Tours if he hadn't been punched.

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.

I rode, and I rode, and I rode. I rode like I had never ridden, punishing my body up and down every hill I could find. I rode when no one else would ride.