I didn't want to take it. I knew it was a powerful drug, but I also knew it was a catabolic drug that consumed the body.

I was awarded 'Most Aggressive Rider of the Day', generally given to the most spectacular loser of the day.

If you're not at the front, you're not in the race.

I had grown used to getting a pat on the back and being told after a good result: 'Well done, David - you should be happy, you're the first clean rider.

I might have changed, but that did not mean the sport had.

The smallest issues can become the most important things in life and reality slips away.

The past is as important as the future, but we only live in the here and now.

What an idiot I'd been. What a spoilt brat. What a bloody fool.

This place has been my home. They liked me here. Not any more. Now they will look the other way. Now I don't belong.

Nothing was being done to help the non-dopers, to encourage or support them. Even the clean riders like myself and Moncout knew how easy it was to cheat the tests.

I didn't care about goals or expectations any more, I was just determined to race my heart out.

Fools put trust in promises

I am the Vampire Lestat. I'm immortal more or less. The light of the sun, the sustained heat of an intense fire-these things might destroy me. But then again, they might not.

He was mad and plenty brave.

Achilles’ eyes lift. They are bloodshot and dead. “I wish he had let you all die.

The only thing that white people have that black people need, or should want, is power-and no one holds power forever.

Music is what feelings sound like out loud. I sing songs that speak from my heart. They tell my story, how I feel.

The Government of Iraq also owes a debt to the American and coalition forces who are fighting the insurgency and helping put that country back together after decades of repression.

Donning a glove for a backyard toss, or watching a ball game, or just reflecting upon our baseball days, we are players again, forever young.

In the end, it's all about taking your time and enjoying the journey without worrying too much about the destination.

Friendship is not going to stand the pressure of greatly great guidance for quite extensive.