26 Famous Quotes by Lance Armstrong
Lance Armstrong is a former professional cyclist who won seven consecutive Tour de France titles from 1999 to 2005. Despite his impressive achievements, Armstrong's legacy has been tarnished by allegations of doping and cheating. In 2012, he was stripped of his titles and banned from cycling for life. Armstrong's fall from grace serves as a cautionary tale about the dangers of pursuing success at all costs. It also raises important questions about the ethics of sports and the responsibility of athletes to act with integrity. (Lance Armstrong Biography).
Lance Armstrong Famous Quotes
1. "Pain is temporary. It may last a minute, or an hour, or a day, or a year, but eventually it will subside and something else will take its place. If I quit, however, it lasts forever."
2. "If we don't somehow stem the tide of childhood obesity, we're going to have a huge problem."
3. "Pain is temporary. Quitting lasts forever."
4. "A boo is a lot louder than a cheer. If you have 10 people cheering and one person booing, all you hear is the booing."
5. "Extraordinary allegations require extraordinary evidence."
6. "Through my illness I learned rejection. I was written off. That was the moment I thought, Okay, game on. No prisoners. Everybody's going down."
7. "Winning is about heart, not just legs. It's got to be in the right place."
8. "But, listen, Eddie Merkyx would have won six Tours if he hadn't been punched."
9. "If you worried about falling off the bike, you'd never get on."
10. "My mom was such a strong character. I don't want to say she was like a man, but she was tough."
11. "The riskiest thing you can do is get greedy."
12. "There comes a point in every man's life when he has to say: 'Enough is enough.'"
13. "If children have the ability to ignore all odds and percentages, then maybe we can all learn from them. When you think about it, what other choice is there but to hope? We have two options, medically and emotionally: give up, or Fight Like Hell."
14. "If I can't face my accusers, that's a joke. We did that in medieval times."
15. "Two things scare me. The first is getting hurt. But that's not nearly as scary as the second, which is losing."
16. "I figure the faster I pedal, the faster I can retire."
17. "There's no rule, no law, no regulation that says you can't come back. So I have every right to come back."
18. "Cycling is a sport of the open road and spectators are lining that road."
19. "I may be in timeout forever. But I hope not to be."
20. "It's nice to win. I'll never win again. I may have to take up golf - take on Tiger."
21. "Obviously, I come from one background, and the people that design fitness equipment have been doing it for years and years, and they know what works and doesn't work."
22. "Nobody needs to cry for me. I'm going to be great."
23. "Marathons are hard because of the physical pain, the pounding on the muscles, joints, tendons."
24. "I joined the swim team when I was 12, and I was the worst kid in the pool - I was put with a group of 7-year-olds."
25. "It's tough to be a 15- or 16-year-old athlete competing around the country. There's tension, there's media. I had no idea what I was getting into."
26. "I've committed to surfing the rest of my life."
― Lance Armstrong Quotes
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