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

I still don't get golf.

For 15 years I was a complete arsehole to a dozen people. I said I would try and make it right with those people, and anybody that gave me an audience, I was there.

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

There were no shortcuts, I realized. It took years of racing to build up the mind and body and character until a rider had logged hundreds of races and thousands of miles of road. I wouldn't be able to win a Tour de France until I had enough iron in my legs, and lungs, and brain and Heart.

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

Anything is possible, but you have to believe and you have to fight.