How many times do I have to say it? … Well, it can't be any clearer than 'I've never taken drugs.'

There was more happiness in the process, in the build, in the preparation. The winning was almost phoned in.

My career is going to be played out year by year. Will I be here in 2004? I don't know. The record won't keep me here. Happiness will.

The ban is completely out of my hands. And I think in most people's minds, even if it's unrealistic to them, it's one that I left myself with no choice on.

I'm not willing to put a percentage on the chances but I will no longer rule it out.

At this point of my life, I'm not out to protect anybody. I'm out to protect seven people, and they all have the last name Armstrong.

I have never doped … I have competed as an endurance athlete for 25 years with no spike in performance, passed more than 500 drug tests and never failed one.