There Are So Many People Who Have

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.

There Is No Pill, No Drug, That Can Do For You What One Hour Of Exercise Can.

It Doesn't Get Any Easier; You Just Get Faster.

I Wanted To Be Seen As A Good Person, And Never Wanted To Let People Down, But I Found It Hard To Handle The Fame Or Adulation. I Didn't Feel Worthy Of It. I Was Ashamed By Who I Thought I Was Because I Felt Partly Responsible [for The Abuse] And I Was Never Able To Enjoy The Stuff I Should Have Been Able To Enjoy. My First Thought When I Won The Tour Was: 'my God, I'm Going To Be Famous', And Then I Thought, 'he's Going To Call'. I Was Always Waiting For That Phone Call. I Lived In Fear That Anyone Would Ever Find Out.

Racing Is A Very Selfish, Self-centred, Self-glorifying Thing. My Wife's Life For 14 Years Was Centered Around Me. It Was All About Me. It Was All For My Ego.