Miguel Indurain Quotes

The Olympics remain the most compelling search for excellence that exists in sport, and maybe in life itself.

Being an Olympian is the ultimate test of one's sporting ability.

It's amazing that more people have climbed Mount Everest than have broken the 4-minute mile.

Why shouldn't he break Ruth's record? He's got more power than Stalin.

Historically, the French have had a romantic attachment to their bikes. Though the first functioning two-wheeler is thought to have been invented by a German in 1817, it was the French who popularized and marketed the device in the 1860s, giving it the name 'bicycle.'

Every day since the start of the Tour de France, the popular 'Le Parisien' newspaper has published a story about a book written with the bicycle in mind.

For athletes, the Olympics are the ultimate test of their worth.

In terms of my career, having the gold definitely changed my life. The Olympics are different, you know? They're every four years and it's such a small group.

The Olympics meant everything to me. Going through them is like nothing else you will ever experience. For those few weeks, you are in another world. At that point, I couldn't see how there could ever be anything better.

In sports, people reach their peak very early. You have to move on. I don't know if I will ever surpass what I did at the Olympics, but I'm still doing the work I always wanted to do.

I wouldn't say I'm a phenomenon, just a great athlete.

I don't care how many championships you've won or how many records you've broken - if you've had a hand in pushing forward not only a game but women in sport's movement, then I think that's pretty darn good.

Over the years, I've made many sacrifices to win two Olympic gold medals and put together winning streaks that will never be broken.

It's something special to break the world record at the Olympics.

So in fact the only thing you can judge in this sport its the longterm. You can judge a career or a season, but not one race.

I always turn to the sports pages first, which records people's accomplishments. The front page has nothing but man's failures.

In 1930, I was at the top of my career. I won the Most Valuable Player award.

World records are only borrowed.

Quite simply the Games are the biggest opportunity sport in this country has ever had. It is one that we must not squander.

The three-peat has never been attempted, ever, and for me, I think it will add to my legendary status. I want to become one of the greatest athletes ever to have competed in any sport, so for me, that's what it means.

A gold medal at the Olympics is hard to top.

To reach the heights of a truly global sport, in a sport as difficult as this, is a monumental achievement.

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

I said at the start of the race that the Tour is about being good for 21 days, being consistent every day, not having super days and bad days.

I exceeded my expectations of longevity in the NBA.