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" As long as my weight is healthy, then I eat what I want. "
Lizzie Armitstead
Want
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Eat
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" You can't expect a woman who's holding down a part-time job to train for the biggest race in the world. She has to have a minimum wage, and I think it's something that is pretty crazy that we don't have that. "
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Crazy
Job
Woman
" I've been successful because I've never been someone to shy away from taking responsibility. "
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Responsibility
Successful
Someone
" The only thing that I can do - and the only thing that I've always done - is to ride my bike fast and get my head down and control the things I can control. "
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Ride
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" As far as I'm concerned, as soon as you reach your goal, then that's the box ticked for me. I don't feel the need to repeat titles or repeat victories; as soon as I get the one, then I'm happy. "
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Feel
Happy
Me
" In terms of being a famous person, it hasn't changed anything. It's not important for me. "
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Important
Person
" Cycling is a business. "
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Cycling
" I won't try and combine training and a family. "
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Training
Try
Combine
" As a female athlete, I think it's really important to stand up on a podium and represent females and what we're capable of, and I always try to make political statements with what I do rather than with headlines. "
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Try
Political
Stand
" There's been a lot of champions before me, and I'm sure there will be ahead of me. "
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Before
Champions
Me
" I don't look at my emails on the weekend or after 6 o'clock in the day. "
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After
Day
Emails
" It hurts me to consider anybody questioning my performances. "
Lizzie Armitstead
Anybody
Me
Hurts
" I'm quite un-traditional. "
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Quite
" I never quit. The times when I have quit in the past because I couldn't face trying harder have stayed with me, and the guilt is not worth it. "
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Guilt
Face
Trying
" I can't pick up the phone to everybody that doubts me and explain myself. "
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Up
Phone
Myself
" I'm one of the most tested athletes in the world. "
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Most
World
" I'm quite a strong person, and I've become even stronger. "
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Become
Even
Person
" At the end of the day, cycling is a business, so we have to be able to offer something to a sponsor, and without exposure, that's going to be difficult, but that's where the UCI perhaps has to be a little bit stronger. "
Lizzie Armitstead
End Of The Day
Business
Day
" It's fantastic news that the Aviva Women's Tour will continue in 2016. "
Lizzie Armitstead
Continue
Tour
News
" I need to go out on a ride feeling full and feeling ready. "
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Out
Ready
Ride
" A world championship medal on the road is something that I'm missing from my CV. "
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Championship
Road
World
" It has been difficult to get back on the saddle, particularly after getting whiplash and concussion, but it's just about understanding that sometimes it's OK to say, 'I don't want to get back on my bike for week.' "
Lizzie Armitstead
Bike
Back
Week
" I trust myself, the way I prepare. I feel like I know what I'm doing. "
Lizzie Armitstead
Trust
Myself
Know
" I can't feel sorry for myself. "
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Sorry
Myself
Feel
" I used to think that in order to be lean, I had to under-eat. "
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Think
Lean
Used
" I remember taking my stabilisers off my bike with my dad in the back garden. It was a small little bike, and it was called Poppy, had balloons on it, and was purple. "
Lizzie Armitstead
Garden
Bike
Purple
" The problem, as a female athlete, is that you don't want to come across as negative and moaning. "
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Negative
Athlete
Problem
" I am sorry for causing anyone to lose faith in sport. "
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Am
I Am Sorry
Sorry
" There's a lot of bunch finishes, which are hectic and kind of dangerous; you need a lot of luck to win those. "
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You
Need
Kind
" I remember if the telephone rang after 9 o'clock in the house, my mother would say, 'Who's ringing at this time?' We just wouldn't answer the phone. "
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Mother
Time
Say
" I have to make sure I get the right amount of protein and iron, and I take supplements for that. I think people would be surprised if they saw my diet, though; it's very normal. "
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Iron
Think
Right