I believe that the mind powers the body, and once the mind says we want to do it, then the body will follow.

If you're trying to hide something, you wouldn't keep getting away with it for 10 years. Nobody is that clever.

It's nice to win. I'll never win again. I may have to take up golf - take on Tiger.

Everything in my life is in perspective. OK, perspective ebbs and flows. I've had bad days, but they weren't in the last years. A bad day is 2 October 1996: 'We've got bad news for you, you've got advanced testicular cancer and you've got a coin's toss chance of survival.' That's a bad day.

Do it even if you shouldn't, do it becuase you want to, do it becuase it will make things better.

Cycling is so hard, the suffering is so intense, that it’s absolutely cleansing. The pain is so deep and strong that a curtain descends over your brain….Once; someone asked me what pleasure I took in riding for so long. ‘PLEASURE???? I said.’ ‘I don’t understand the question.’ I didn’t do it for the pleasure; I did it for the pain.

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.