If Lance Is Clean, It Is The

The Key Is Being Able To Endure Psychologically. When You're Not Riding Well, You Think, Why Suffer? Why Push Yourself For Four Or Five Hours? The Mountains Are The Pinnacle Of Suffering

There Are So Many People Who Have Died Of Cycling, And That Didn't Happen When I Was Racing.

The Problem With Being A Tour De France Winner Is You Always Have That Feeling Of Disappointment If You Don't Win Again. That's The Curse Of The Tour De France.

The Most Important Decision I Ever Made In My Career Was To Live My Life In Sports As Honestly And Ethically As Possible. Never Having Compromised My Values Allows Me To Look Back On My Life With No Regrets And Feel Satisfaction In What I Was Able To Accomplish.

I'm Lucky That Mountian Biking Wasn't Around When I Was 20, Because I Wouldn't Have Won The Tour De France. It's My Kind Of Sport - Hard, Individualistic, And Not A Lot Of Tactics.