It was great to fight in training, great to fight in the race, but you don't need to fight in a press conference, or an interview, or a personal interaction.

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

The answer is hard work. What are you doing on Christmas Eve? Are you riding your bike? January 1st - are you riding your bike?

My cocktail, so to speak, was only EPO, but not a lot, transfusions and testosterone.

I don't think anybody else from my generation had federal agents standing at their door with a badge and a gun, saying: 'You are going to answer my questions'.

I will spend the rest of my life trying to earn back trust and apologize to people.

There's no rule, no law, no regulation that says you can't come back. So I have every right to come back.