The sky was falling down on me and I spent most of the time drunk. It was the only way I could handle it.

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.

God would light the way. Faith would keep them on the right path.

Chess will always be the master of us all.

The first day I can remember looking into a mirror and being able to stand what I saw was the day I had a guitar in my hand.

I should not believe in a God who does not dance.

I don't have pressure on me. I just put pressure on myself to play hard every day.

The live concerts are still one of the two greatest joys of my life.

The one who is conscious (in Tao) can't speak. The one who can speak is not conscious (centered in Tao)

Charles Burchfield was exceptional. As such an accomplished artist, he had limited previous association with academia and teaching.

You can love someone like your son, even if he's not your biological son, and you can love someone like your father, even if he's not your biological father.

If government and media and all of us in the Australian tribe got together, and the rock industry, we'd just be the greatest cultural force the world has ever seen - we're such an amazing race.