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" Racing is a very selfish, self-centred, self-glorifying thing. My wife's life for 14 years was centered around me. It was all about me. It was all for my ego. "

Greg LeMond

Life

Selfish

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" If people really want to clean the sport of cycling up, all you have to do is put your money where your mouth is. "

" I love downtown Seattle. It's a city that has all of the outdoor activities and is still a very cosmopolitan city. "

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" Seattle is very similar to Minneapolis. I like the culture; I like the people. I raced a bike and won a national championship on Lake Washington in 1977, so I've had a connection there for a long time. "

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" I know too that we Americans like to think of ourselves as cleaner than clean, a healthy nation who would never take anything when a recent poll suggested that 65 per cent of the population would risk dying in 10 years if they would be guaranteed Olympic gold. "

" I guess I'm a semi-retired person. I work out of my house. I'm a skier in the winter - downhill and cross country. I have a place in Montana for the down-hilling. "

" The physical demands of cycling is that it actually lowers your immune system, and you expose yourself to a tremendous amount of elements - so certain people might get a chronic overload and develop, say, bad asthma. "

" More people should apologize, and more people should accept apologies when sincerely made. "

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Made

" I want to tell the world of cycling to please join me in telling Pat McQuaid to resign. I have never seen such an abuse of power in cycling's history - resign, Pat, if you love cycling. Resign even if you hate the sport. "

Greg LeMond

World

Power

" Perhaps the single most important element in mastering the techniques and tactics of racing is experience. But once you have the fundamentals, acquiring the experience is a matter of time. "

" It is cycling as a professional sport that represents the problem. It can transform someone into a liar. "

" I used to trapshoot. I was actually a junior national champion. My parents are trapshooters, so I'm more into target stuff. "

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Target

Parents

" You don't suffer, kill yourself and take the risks I take just for money. I love bike racing. "