Well, you better ride like you stole something 'cause you are about to win a stage in the Tour de Fance.

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 way you live your life, the perspective you select, is a choice you make every single day when you wake up. It's yours to decide.

It's frustrating in the sense that I still think I could be competing at some sport at a fairly high level, which nobody cares about. Nobody wants to hear me say that.

One of the redeeming things about being an athlete is redefining what is humanly possible.

I look forward to a time when lawyers aren't in the top three calls every day, and all you care about is how your kids are doing in school or what the weather's like and the great day you had with your family.

I think I bit off more than I could chew. I thought the marathon would be easier. For the level of condition that I have now... that was without a doubt the hardest physical thing I have ever done.