No one automatically gives you respect just because you show up. You have to earn it

There's no rule, no law, no regulation that says you can't come back. So I have every right to come back.

Cycling is a sport of the open road and spectators are lining that road.

I tried to control the narrative.

Well, you better ride like you stole something 'cause you are about to win a stage in the Tour de Fance.

Pain is temporary. Eventually it will subside. If I quit, however, the surrender stays with me.

Cancer doesn’t care if you’re Republican or Democrat.

I may be in timeout forever. But I hope not to be.

One of the redeeming things about being an athlete is redefining what is humanly possible.

We have unrealized capacities that sometimes only emerge in crisis.

We are much better than we know.

It's ironic, I used to ride my bike to make a living. Now I just want to live so that I can ride.

Pain is only temporary. Quitting is forever!

We have two options, medically and emotionally: give up or fight like hell.

Chasing records doesn't keep me on my bike. Happiness does.

There comes a point in every man's life when he has to say: 'Enough is enough.'

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.

The day it all changed. The day I stated never to take anything for granted. The day I learned to take charge of my life. It was the day I was diagnosed with cancer.

Portland, Oregon won't build a mile of the road without a mile of the bike path. You can commute there, even with that weather, all the time.