It really is all about believing in yourself: 80 per cent mental, 20 per cent physical.
Victoria PendletonWhen you see your male counterparts living a completely different lifestyle, I think it would be quite depressing! So no, it's not for me.
Victoria PendletonI don't think I really knew how fit I was when I was a kid. I rode with my dad quite long distances and I've been racing since the age of nine, so we did a lot of sport growing up. My earliest memories of my dad are watching him race, so it was inevitable when we were old enough that my brother and I would get on bikes.
Victoria PendletonI really love routine and so I've never found it a problem. I really enjoy it. I don't mind somebody organising what I have to do. I'm a creature of habit in some ways.
Victoria Pendleton