Jens Voigt Quotes

I love track racing and I'm proud to be a British cyclist and proud to pull on the jersey to represent my country.

In cycling, you just race. When you get to the finish, you see the result.

Every race is different. If you come down the home straight neck and neck, the crowd cheering for you can decide the race.

I just love racing: I'll even race you to the door.

When you're in a race car, you're going through so many different emotions throughout that race.

I think racing and riding are two different elements of cycling. You either want to or not depending on what you want to get out of it.

Racing, competing, it's in my blood. It's part of me, it's part of my life; I have been doing it all my life and it stands out above everything else.

Road racing at the moment because it's still so new to me. I like the fact that they are longer and teamwork is important. I guess the same is true for track, it's just that I have used track this year as a training device to improve my sprinting in road racing.

Racing is a great mania to which one must sacrifice everything, without reticence, without hesitation.

You have to know this: running a 100m race is an intense experience. You have a lot of emotion at the end of the race. It is not easy to control that when you win.

Riding a race bike is an art - a thing that you do because you feel something inside.

I race to win. If I am on the bike or in a car it will always be the same.

I love racing and I love doing well.

I guess it is the sense of personal satisfaction that racing gives you that I am probably going to miss, because in racing you get that feedback very quickly.

Once you get on to the racetrack on Sunday and you strap your helmet on and you come down especially toward the end of the race, it's every man for himself. It's me against the world. It's me against everybody else. Sometimes you're against your critics, as well, too.

My goal is to win and to finish fights quickly.

When you win sprints, you're a great sprinter, but when you win a great one-day race, you've proved you're a great rider.

The only thing that I can do - and the only thing that I've always done - is to ride my bike fast and get my head down and control the things I can control.

I don't know what it will bring, but definitely it's a nice feeling to know I can drive an F1 car after such a difficult period and having my limitations.

1500 metre. I am the king.

There is always the excitement of running races.

The thing about racing that appeals to me is your destiny is in your own hands at that moment.

My life is consumed by racing.

In fighting, you're not going 200 mph, but there's obviously danger in the sport. If you're a fighter or a NASCAR driver, you're obviously an adrenaline junkie. Both also take a lot of skill.

I'm 100% a sprinter... an old school one, not one of these new guys that can climb and sprint.