Jens Voigt Quotes

When my legs hurt, I say: “Shut up legs! Do what I tell you to do!

If you go (with a break), you can either win or not win. If you don't go for it, you definitely won't win.

Having things organized is for small-minded people. Genius controls chaos.

If you try to win, you might lose, but if you don't try to win, you lose for sure!

I'd like to throw Betsey Andreu and Travis Tygart in a wood-chipper. That would be my idea of a good time. Maybe I could get George to come over and help me clean up after.

If it hurts me, it must hurt the other ones twice as much.

I get paid to hurt other people, how good is that?

While I'm not very talented at cooking, I am very talented at eating.

Every time I race, I will race so fiercely my legs cry.

After 120 kilometers my body said, ‘ooh, ooh Jens! What were you thinking?’

In the hierarchy of the family, I'm just above the dog. But I like it that way.

At the Tour, you always have some fantastic days and some days where you hit the asphalt. Today was an asphalt day for me.

Cycling is not rocket science.

I gave it everything in the last 20 minutes. I knew that I still had the energy, that I was ahead of the mark. I felt euphoric — it was the last 20 minutes of my sporting career.

Shut up body and do what I tell you

Apart from the fact that I can move the bike fast, I am basically Joe Average.

I am confident that when I get really old, the human lifespan will be extended.