My mom was such a strong character. I don't want to say she was like a man, but she was tough.

I'm not a patient person.

If you ever get a second chance in life for something, you've got to go all the way.

When you know your not going to die, you have to ask yourself... What's the highest and best use for myself.

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

I'm cycling to take cancer message worldwide.

The ban doesn't have anything to do with Livestrong or my ability to work in [the cancer] community. Perhaps it speeds it up. I don't know the examples in Great Britain of athletes who have fallen. I know the examples in the United States - the Tiger Woods, the Michael Vicks, even the Bill Clintons - people who are still out there able to work.