What is stronger, fear or hope?
How do you fight an invisible opponent like suspicion?
If I can't face my accusers, that's a joke. We did that in medieval times.
So if there is a purpose to the suffering that is cancer, I think it must be this: it's meant to improve us.
I know what happened to cycling from 1999 to 2005. I saw its growth, I saw its expansion.
It gave me a chance to re-evaluate my life and my career. Cancer certainly gives things a new perspective. I would not have won the Tour de France if I had not had cancer. It gave me new strength and focus.