Lance Armstrong Quotes

It was a great day, especially with the weather. First the heat, then the thunder, then the sun again. For the overall standings it is great.

I think it's better we downplay our chances. I think we should cherish this role as the underdog, because it's the perfect way to ride this race.

If you dominate a world sport you will always have questions and doubts. Perhaps at the end of the day we were too successful. When you win the Tour once, twice, seven times, it is just too hard to believe.

Two things scare me. The first is getting hurt. But that's not nearly as scary as the second, which is losing.

Lost in a sea of athletes.

I think the race has everything. I think it has difficulty, it has joy, it has excitement, it even has death.

If I step off the bike it does not mean I'm not involved in the team. I want to develop another American Tour de France winner.

Pain is temporary. It may last a minute, or an hour, or a day, or a year, but eventually it will subside and something else will take its place. If I quit, however, it lasts forever. That surrender, even the smallest act of giving up, stays with me. So when I feel like quitting, I ask myself, which would I rather live with?

During our lives...we experience so many setbacks, and fight such a hand-to-hand battle with failure, head down in the rain, just trying to stay upright and to have a little hope.

A boo is a lot louder than a cheer. If you have 10 people cheering and one person booing, all you hear is the booing.

Winning is about heart, not just legs. It's got to be in the right place.

Hard work, sacrifice and focus will never show up in tests.

Through my illness I learned rejection. I was written off. That was the moment I thought, Okay, game on. No prisoners. Everybody's going down.

Son,you never quit.

I wanted to live, but whether I would or not was mystery, and in the midst of confronting that fact, even at that moment, I was beginning to sense that to stare into the heart of such a fearful mystery wasn't a bad thing. To be afraid is a priceless education. P 99.