Survival is the main objective. There are going to be some awful days, I know that from my background in the sport.

There will always be cheaters. It is human nature. It will never be 100 percent clean, in any sport.

People do make mistakes and I think they should be punished. But they should be forgiven and given the opportunity for a second chance. We are human beings.

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

The manner in which one loses the battle can sometimes outshine the victory.

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

Often the best guys are just those that can suffer longer, who don't give up. And it's so easy to give up, when you're on a mountain and it's really hurting. We go through a lot physically.

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'm an accumulation of every single thing I've done, good and bad.

I like my hands. Which is lucky as I have to spend all day looking at them on the handlebars.

I shave my legs twice a week. It's hard the first time you do it. But I'm very lazy. For a team photo in December I just did the fronts.

It is very nearly impossible to become an educated person in a country so distrustful of the independent mind.

That's what his stare has been saying to me all this time: 'At least I galloped - when did you?

Count blessings and discover Who can be counted on.

Commitment it's not for those who are fragile one have to be persistent

Nature has granted to all to be happy, if we did but know how to use her benefits.

You believe in a book that has sticks turning into snakes, and you say we are the ones that need help?

Love is visceral and real. Love is physical. It embraces all things. Love doesn't space you out or take you out of this world.

I fear that I have not got much to say about Canada, not having seen much; what I got by going to Canada was a cold.

I always feel in improv that nothing is ever as good once it's repeated.

My dad wrote a song about the people in the slides. I started playing harmonica. I was only six.