Lance Armstrong Quotes

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

If somebody had told me as a kid that I would win 30 stages of the Tour de France I probably wouldn't have imagined it. I probably imagined I could do it - I don't lack confidence - but at the end of the day one Tour de France stage win can make a rider's career.

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 cycled when I was at high school, then reconnected with bikes in New York in the late '70s. It was a good way of getting around the clubs and galleries of the Lower East Side and Soho.

I'm 28, and for the next six or seven years my goal is to try to fight for the yellow jersey. If I can win it once I would be chuffed to bits.

I symbolized doping... My phone rarely rings. I can count on the fingers of one hand the number of riders who call me.

I think everyone lifts themselves that little bit extra for the Tour de France, being the pinnacle of our cycling calendar.

But, listen, Eddie Merkyx would have won six Tours if he hadn't been punched.

I don't know of a filmmaker who does not feel buoyed and lifted when their peers embrace the work.

Having the respect of your peers means the world to me.

I'd love to win Paris-Roubaix.

I was a fan of Lance Armstrong, and I remember watching him win the Worlds in '93 in Oslo.

To be a part of TT history is a massive achievement. It is one of, if not the greatest races on two wheels, if not on four.

Tom Simpson is like the Bobby Moore of British cycling.

When I did win the Tour, I felt I was feted more in the U.K. for being an Olympic gold medallist... Then I come back to Europe to race, and they're not interested in the Olympic gold; it's about being the winner of the Tour de France - here he is.

You know what? I've won the Tour de France, and now I feel ready to talk about it.

Chris Boardman was my first teammate and my first roommate. I saw him finish his career with an hour record and thought, 'Yeh, what a way to go out!'

Any honor is an honor. You can't really say which one is better than the next, but it's always wonderful when you're honored by your peers for your work.

Recognition by one's peers is the goal of every scientist.

I am just this small-town Canberra girl that's taken riding a little kid's bike on dirt tracks to the highest level.

A new club is like having a new girlfriend – you don't have feelings straight away

I never knew that people made a club for me!

The most important thing is just to be recognised as a legend, like the people call me. To have that title attached to your name, you've got to be a bad man. It's an honour to have that role.

I would love to end my European campaign with the World Championship stripes on my back. But everything else that I have in my mind right now is to continue working with and having my little camps for women cyclists.

I know what happened to cycling from 1999 to 2005. I saw its growth, I saw its expansion.