I am just coming into my best years. This year I did new things; stretching and abdominal work.

I'm not a patient person.

Life to me is a series of false limits and my challenge as an athlete is to explore those limits

If we don't somehow stem the tide of childhood obesity, we're going to have a huge problem.

Cycling is a sport of the open road and spectators are lining that road.

[A 2005 response to doping allegations] Unfortunately, the witch hunt continues and tomorrow's article is nothing short of tabloid journalism. The paper even admits in its own article that the science in question here is faulty and that I have no way to defend myself. They state: 'There will therefore be no counter-exam nor regulatory prosecutions, in a strict sense, since defendant's rights cannot be respected.' I will simply restate what I have said many times: I have never taken performance enhancing drugs.

My mother told me...if you're going to get anywhere, you're going to have to do it yourself, because no one is going to do it for you.