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" I figure the faster I pedal, the faster I can retire. "
Lance Armstrong
Faster
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" Obviously, I come from one background, and the people that design fitness equipment have been doing it for years and years, and they know what works and doesn't work. "
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" If children have the ability to ignore all odds and percentages, then maybe we can all learn from them. When you think about it, what other choice is there but to hope? We have two options, medically and emotionally: give up, or Fight Like Hell. "
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" Pain is temporary. It may last a minute, or an hour, or a day, or a year, but eventually it will subside and something else will take its place. If I quit, however, it lasts forever. "
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" Through my illness I learned rejection. I was written off. That was the moment I thought, Okay, game on. No prisoners. Everybody's going down. "
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" If we don't somehow stem the tide of childhood obesity, we're going to have a huge problem. "
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" 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. "
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" I have been dealing with claims that I cheated and had an unfair advantage in winning my seven Tours since 1999. "
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" My mom was such a strong character. I don't want to say she was like a man, but she was tough. "
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" There's no rule, no law, no regulation that says you can't come back. So I have every right to come back. "
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" Two things scare me. The first is getting hurt. But that's not nearly as scary as the second, which is losing. "
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" It can't be any simpler: the farewell is going to be on the Champs-Elysees. "
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" Cycling is a sport of the open road and spectators are lining that road. "
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" For whatever reason, maybe it's because of my story, but people associate Livestrong with exercise and physical fitness, health and lifestyle choices like that. "
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" If I can't face my accusers, that's a joke. We did that in medieval times. "
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" I joined the swim team when I was 12, and I was the worst kid in the pool - I was put with a group of 7-year-olds. "
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