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

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

If children have the ability to ignore all odds and percentages, then maybe we can all learn from them. When you think about it, what other choice is there but to hope? We have two options, medically and emotionally: give up, or fight like hell.

It's ironic, I used to ride my bike to make a living. Now I just want to live so that I can ride.

In my most painful moments on the bike, I am at my most curious and I wonder each and every time how I will respond.

We have two options, medically and emotionally: give up or fight like hell.

The unwillingness to accept anything short of victory, that underlying fury, is the fundamental building block of my bottomless motivation to succeed. It is my credo in all that I do in life from battling cancer to bicycle racing.