There's No Rule, No Law, No Regulation

It's Tough To Be A 15- Or 16-year-old Athlete Competing Around The Country. There's Tension, There's Media. I Had No Idea What I Was Getting Into.

The Tour (de France) Is Essentially A Math Problem, A 2,000-mile Race Over Three Weeks That's Sometimes Won By A Margin Of A Minute Or Less. How Do You Propel Yourself Through Space On A Bicycle, Sometimes Steeply Uphill, At A Speed Sustainable For Three Weeks? Every Second Counts.

The Body Is Telling The Mind To Stop. The Mind Is Telling The Body To Shut Up.

It Works Better For Me To Be Nervous And Hungry.

My Mother Told Me...if You're Going To Get Anywhere, You're Going To Have To Do It Yourself, Because No One Is Going To Do It For You.