Live strong is exactly I guess what it says. It's one thing to live, but it's another thing to live strong, to attack the day and attack your life with a whole new attitude. This was a gift for me. I guess before the illness I just lived. Now, after the illness, I live strong.

Pain is temporary. Eventually it will subside. If I quit, however, the surrender stays with me.

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

If you're trying to hide something, you wouldn't keep getting away with it for 10 years. Nobody is that clever.

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

My house is burned, but I can see the sky.

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.