Giving Up Was Never An Option

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.

To All The Cynics, I'm Sorry For You. I'm Sorry You Can't Believe In Miracles. This Is A Great Sporting Event And Hard Work Wins It.

But, Listen, Eddie Merkyx Would Have Won Six Tours If He Hadn't Been Punched.

I Believe That The Mind Powers The Body, And Once The Mind Says We Want To Do It, Then The Body Will Follow.

Two Things Scare Me. The First Is Getting Hurt. But That's Not Nearly As Scary As The Second, Which Is Losing.