If you worried about falling off the bike, you'd never get on.

Nineteen hundred meters up there is completely different from1,900 any place else. There's no air, there's no oxygen. There's no vegetation, there's no life. There's no life. Rocks. Any other climb there's vegetation, grass and trees. Not there on the Ventoux. It's more like the moon than a mountain.

I can get up in the morning and look myself in the mirror and my family can look at me too and that's all that matters.

I realize that there are many variables outside my control in my quest, but focusing on the big goal down the road really motivates me. To help me stay focused, I set micro-goals such as races or training achievements that bring me one step closer to being at my best for major goals

If there is a defining characteristic of a man as opposed to a boy, maybe it's patience.

I didn't invent the culture, but I didn't try to stop the culture.

I got the three things I wanted. I did my job, I worked hard in the process, and I cherish the memories, and they're mine.