My attitude is that, if you have nothing to hide, why not show it?

It is nice to be recognised for actually achieving something in life as opposed to spending seven weeks in a house on TV with a load of other muppets.

Cycling has given me everything.

If you're into the brand and the heritage of the brand, you can always remember where you got your first Fred Perry Shirt, and for me I was nine years old

To win more medals at Beijing is just fantastic, and British cycling has come a huge way in the last few years.

London has what it takes to host the greatest sporting show on earth [on the 2012 Olympic bid

I wanted to give an honest insight into a consuming Tour. It's turned out pretty interesting because there aren't many books out there documenting someone's failure.

I've always shied away from computers, the Internet and all that. I'm a bit more traditional, really - pick up a newspaper, pick up a phone.

Everything I achieve affects my family as well, and suddenly, my kids' dad became the most famous man in the country for a couple of weeks.

When you're in the heat of the moment, you need guys you can trust and who have been there for you.

When you get into the final week of the Tour de France, it becomes a different kind of race. As the distance and the fatigue really tell, that is when it becomes a proper test of everyone's fitness.

There’s no such thing as free kittens.

I'll show you secrets if you stay...you'll never know if you run away...

Write in recollection and amazement for yourself.

The current economic system is fundamentally flawed and inevitably destructive.

I really wanted to write an adventure story, a murder-mystery that was set during the gold-rush years in New Zealand.

Self-confidence results, first, from exact knowledge; second, the ability to impart that knowledge.

The glow of inspiration warms us; this holy rapture springs from the seeds of the Divine mind sown in man.

I would've hit the water hard, but at the last second I changed into a falcon. ~Carter Kane

Winning would create greater potential for change than talk alone.

To solve a problem or to reach a goal, you don't need to know all the answers in advance. But you must have a clear idea of the problem or the goal you want to reach.