I race to win, not to please people

There's a terrible delight in watching a rival sink without a trace

As long as I breathe, I attack.

Illegal drug use runs contrary to the image of health depicted by cycling. Distributors of these drugs must be prosecuted more harshly as they are ciminals.

I believe there are two periods in life, one for the bike, the other for becoming active on one's work.

As long as I live and breathe, I attack

I am working as public relations director for the Tour de France and maintaining my farm.

I have the impression that cycling is no longer a game but rather an employment... a job.

I have contacts with the Tour de France which keep me close to cycling.

I may, however, begin riding again when I am 60.

Memories with laughter are the best ones to keep.

All pursuits are pointless and fruitless unless and until love and compassion are found and then are the foundation and destination of all you do

It is really exhausting to live in a dictatorship of 'Me', which is basically a tyranny of others.

I'm very fortunate to be able to do what I do and live the way I do.

Seduction... was both a science and art - a blend of skill, discipline, proximity, and opportunity. Mostly proximity.

Water is the mirror of nature.

Success is a rare paint, hides all the ugliness.

It's a funny thing... but people mostly have it backward. They think they live by what they want. But really, what guides them is what they're afraid of. What they don't want.

I wasn't born thin. I train. But I would never starve myself. I mean, what is happening with women these days? I just couldn't see myself looking that thin. I like a bit of waist and leg.

The only thing to do is to go one's own way, to try one's best, to make the thing live.