The day it all changed. The day I stated never to take anything for granted. The day I learned to take charge of my life. It was the day I was diagnosed with cancer.

The answer is hard work. What are you doing on Christmas Eve? Are you riding your bike? January 1st - are you riding your bike?

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.

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

On a friendship with former president George W. Bush: He's a personal friend, but we've all got the right not to agree with our friends.

If I can't face my accusers, that's a joke. We did that in medieval times.

The unwillingness to accept anything short of victory, that underlying fury, is the fundamental building block of my bottomless motivation to succeed. It is my credo in all that I do in life from battling cancer to bicycle racing.