The moral turpitude of the boys of today appears to center in their failure to concentrate on any particular objective long enough to obtain their maximum results.

I know that a good many champions have entertained the thought that the more they discourage youngsters, the longer they would reign. However, this theory never impressed me, and I always made it a point to give youths the benefit of my experience in bicycle racing.

Modesty should be typical of the success of a champion.

Life is too short for any man to hold bitterness in his heart.

Each great athlete must some day bow to that perennial old champion, Father Time, even as I, for Time eventually wins.

An athlete must have ability to reach the top, but many who have ability and who do not live clean lives never have and never will be champions for obvious reasons.

In a word I was a pioneer, and therefore had to blaze my own trail.