"If there was a god, I'd still have both nuts."

"This is my body, and I can do whatever I want to it. I can push it. Study it. Tweak it. Listen to it. Everybody wants…"

"A boo is a lot louder than a cheer, if you have 10 people cheering and one person booing all you hear is the booing."

"Every year the media comes up with something to describe my race … The first year it was "the comeback." Then it was …"

"No one trains like me. No one rides like me. This jersey's mine. I live for this jersey. It's my life. No one's takin…"

"I'm not happy if I'm not doing some physical suffering, like going out on a bike ride or running. First, it's good fo…"

"I don't have anything against organized religion per se. We all need something in our lives. I personally just have n…"

"Lance Armstrong: How bad do you want to win a stage in the Tour de France?"

"No gifts this year. I have given gifts on the Tour de France and very rarely has it ever come back to help me. This i…"

"Finally, the last thing I’ll say to the people who don’t believe in cycling, the cynics and the sceptics: I'm sorry f…"