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

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.

Take the matter of being born. What does being born mean to most people?

The difficulty with marriage is that we fall in love with a personality, but must live with a character.

I'm interested in character and dialogue and exchange of ideas.

The truth is that when you're writing a novel you're really living in it; you're living in the house, and you're living in the town.

Golf is my real profession. Entertainment is just a sideline. I tell jokes to pay my greens fees.

Usually one gets a heavier cross when one attempts to get rid of an old one.

I think as long as you're being creative and finding your own work interesting, that's all that matters.

To get nowhere, follow the crowd.

Look at football, where you still have injuries no matter how much they improve the helmets and other equipment.

Repentance, to be of any avail, must work a change of heart and conduct.