A bike ride. Yes, that's it! A simple bike ride. It's what I love to do and most days I can't believe they pay me to do it. A day is not the same without it.

Pain is temporary. Quitting lasts forever.

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.

I didn't invent the culture, but I didn't try to stop the culture.

I take nothing for granted. I now have only good days, or great days.

My cocktail, so to speak, was only EPO, but not a lot, transfusions and testosterone.

One of the redeeming things about being an athlete is redefining what is humanly possible.

If you worried about falling off the bike, you'd never get on.

I figure the faster I pedal, the faster I can retire.

Portland, Oregon won't build a mile of road without a mile of bike path. You can commute there, even with that weather, all the time.

Anything is possible, but you have to believe and you have to fight.

Worry has never solved a problem.

A turquoise given by a loving hand carries with it happiness and good fortune."Arabic proverb

One out of four people in this country is mentally imbalanced. Think of your three closest friends and if they seem okay then you're the one.

When you're surrounded by people who share a passionate commitment around a common purpose, anything is possible.

If you want to see what a society really believes in, look at what the biggest buildings on the horizon are dedicated to.

God is the one who saved me. He who believes in God, in His cause and His truth is capable of standing up to the greatest power.

Photographing is an emotional thing, a graceful thing. Photography allows me to wander with a purpose.

Some of your teachers are actually closer in age to you than you think.

Christmas garland and a rock?" he said, a smile in his voice."Why not an ornament?" "Wolves aren't fragile," I told him. "And they're... stubbon and hard to move

I mean, to me, freaking out is different. More of a running away, not telling anyone what's wrong, slowly simmering until you burst kind of thing.