With mountain biking, it's always that constant thing, negotiating singletrack, which I like, but for a road ride that rhythm is really Buddhist. When you get a good pedal stoke, it's that thing of everything works.

When the Williams sisters play tennis, it gets pretty hot. When they start grunting, I'm in.

The human spirit is more powerful than any drug - and that is what needs to be nourished: with work, play, friendship, family. These are the things that matter.

They say our mothers really know how to push our buttons - because they installed them

When I'm riding my bicycle I feel like a Buddhist who is happy just to enjoy his mundane existence

Sometimes you got to specifically go out of your way to get into trouble. It's called fun.

I used to think the worst thing in life was to end up all alone. It's not. The worst thing in life is to end up with people who make you feel all alone.