Quotes About Cycling

Life is short, and the Tour de France long.

I think an Olympic medal is the only thing missing from what I can physically achieve as a cyclist. I can't win the Tour de France, but I've pretty much won everything else that I can within my physical realm, so that's the only thing missing.

I rode in a nine-day charity ride recently, averaged 43km a day and still finished in the lead group. I'm 38, not quite finished yet.

I'd love to have my achievements recognised and for people to know enough about cycling to understand what my achievements mean.

In the cycling world I am... okay, it sounds arrogant, but I am pretty high up. And I am a good athlete. But it is not recognised in Ireland.

I mean, for me, the reason I ride my bike and race is because I love doing it, not because I'm seeking recognition for it.

For me, green is more about cycling than recycling.

Cycling is a good school for life. It makes you hard and gives you ambition, but you can never say you've arrived.

Sometimes the hardest part of the stage is right at the beginning. The other teams will leave it to us to chase down a breakaway, and we can't allow a big group to go up the road - anything more than four riders is trouble.

There's a lot of bunch finishes, which are hectic and kind of dangerous; you need a lot of luck to win those.

I've put on a helmet more times than I've buckled a seatbelt.

I cycle like a fiend, but I can't even sit through the highlights of the Tour de France.

My favorite off the court workout would be biking.

I do own a unicycle, which I use for workout purposes as opposed to doing tricks.

Don't get me wrong: there are some fantastic people who work at British Cycling who kept me together, who were there when I was struggling with it all. They were walking the same tightrope in many ways, because if you do speak up, your days are numbered.

Sometimes it can be more tiring with the kids than on the bike but I'm absolutely loving it.

I want to be remembered going off the front, not the other way. After winning my seventh king-of-the-mountains title and winning a stage on Bastille Day, I asked myself, 'What more can I do in cycling?' I want to go out at the top.

The first time I rode a bike I was four or five. I crashed into the back of a car.

At this point in my career I feel that the Tour takes priority. There may come a time at some point down the line where other races may take preference, but for 2015, it's the Tour.

When I made the decision - when my team-mates made that decision, when the whole peloton made that decision - it was a bad decision and an imperfect time. But it happened.

A solitary cyclist was coming towards us. His head was down and his shoulders rounded, as he put every ounce of energy that he possessed on to the pedals. He was flying like a racer.

I love cycling. I am going to keep racing as hard as I can until this body doesn't allow me to any more.

Se il vecchio Alex pedalava con l'energia disperata d'un Girardengo appena appena più basso e rock, non era solo per andare a un appuntamento, ma per allontanarsi da bordo ring, converrete. In ogni caso, stava pur sempre per incontrare Adelaide e così quel matto pedalava dinamico come nessuno, e mentre pedalava cantava White Man In Hammersmith Palais con voce bassa e stonata.

I come from a cycling background. I happened to be good at it; the opportunities came my way. It wasn't something I necessarily searched to be involved in; it wasn't a dream. I just had an opportunity which you couldn't refuse.