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

"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…"

"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…"

"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?"

"Jake, why are you sitting in the front? I thought you liked it in the rear."