Giving up was never an option

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.

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

I take nothing for granted. I now have only good days, or great days.

I know what happened to cycling from 1999 to 2005. I saw its growth, I saw its expansion.

Twenty-plus-year career, 500 drug controls worldwide, in and out of competition. Never a failed test. I rest my case.

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