Lance Armstrong Quotes

There's no rule, no law, no regulation that says you can't come back. So I have every right to come back.

It can't be any simpler: the farewell is going to be on the Champs-Elysees.

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

I guess if a person never quit when the going got tough, they wouldn't have anything to regret for the rest of their life.

My greatest point is my persistence... However down I am, I fight until the last ball.

I can get up in the morning and look myself in the mirror and my family can look at me too and that's all that matters.

It's simple. Success comes from training harder, living better and digging deeper than the others.

Cycling is a sport of the open road and spectators are lining that road.

I think I bit off more than I could chew. I thought the marathon would be easier. For the level of condition that I have now... that was without a doubt the hardest physical thing I have ever done.

If there was a god, I'd still have both nuts.

Fear is priceless education.

Average is Your Enemy.

It's something I find enjoyable. Whether it is a road bike or mountain bike or tandem bike. I enjoy riding a bike.

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.

I've committed to surfing the rest of my life.

Marathons are hard because of the physical pain, the pounding on the muscles, joints, tendons.

Anyone who imagines they can work alone winds up surrounded by nothing but rivals, without companions. The fact is, no one ascends alone.

For whatever reason, maybe it's because of my story, but people associate Livestrong with exercise and physical fitness, health and lifestyle choices like that.

I believe that the mind powers the body, and once the mind says we want to do it, then the body will follow.

I exercise everyday. I swim, I bike, I run and I go to the gym.

The day it all changed. The day I stated never to take anything for granted. The day I learned to take charge of my life. It was the day I was diagnosed with cancer.

I thought I knew what fear was, until I heard the words 'You have cancer'.

I become a happier man each time I suffer

The Europeans look down on raising your hands. They don't like the end-zone dance. I think that's unfortunate. That feeling - the finish line, the last couple of meters - is what motivates me.

My ruthless desire to win at all costs served me well on the bike but the level it went to, for whatever reason, is a flaw. That desire, that attitude, that arrogance.

I rode, and I rode, and I rode. I rode like I had never ridden, punishing my body up and down every hill I could find. I rode when no one else would ride.

If life gives you lemons, drink the juice in order to mask the presence of performing-enhancing drugs.

My actions and reactions, and the way I treated certain scenarios, were way out of line, so I deserved some punishment.

Obviously, I come from one background, and the people that design fitness equipment have been doing it for years and years, and they know what works and doesn't work.

My mom was such a strong character. I don't want to say she was like a man, but she was tough.

My advice to you is never stop believing.

My house is burned, but I can see the sky.

The body is telling the mind to stop. The mind is telling the body to shut up.

Pain is only temporary. Quitting is forever!

We have unrealized capacities that sometimes only emerge in crisis.

We are much better than we know.

It's ironic, I used to ride my bike to make a living. Now I just want to live so that I can ride.

No one automatically gives you respect just because you show up. You have to earn it

If you're trying to hide something, you wouldn't keep getting away with it for 10 years. Nobody is that clever.

Your past forms you, whether you like it or not. Each encounter and experience has its own effect, and you're shaped the way the wind shapes a mesquite tree on a plain.

I may be in timeout forever. But I hope not to be.

Well, you better ride like you stole something 'cause you are about to win a stage in the Tour de Fance.

Do it even if you shouldn't, do it becuase you want to, do it becuase it will make things better.

It works better for me to be nervous and hungry.

I'm cycling to take cancer message worldwide.

We've all made mistakes, they are not toxic and evil.

I didn't live a lot of lies, but I lived one big one.

At least I didn't invent a dead girlfriend

When I was sick, I didn't want to die. When I race, I don't want to lose. Dying and losing, it's the same thing.

If there is a defining characteristic of a man as opposed to a boy, maybe it's patience.