I rode, and I rode, and I rode. I rode like I had never ridden, punishing my body up and down every hill I could find. I rode when no one else would ride.

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.

I exercise every day. I swim, I bike, I run and I go to the gym.

The body is telling the mind to stop. The mind is telling the body to shut up.

I believe that the mind powers the body, and once the mind says we want to do it, then the body will follow.

My house is burned, but I can see the sky.

My advice to you is never stop believing.

Truth is, a triathlete won the Tour de France seven times.

Motivation can't take you very far if you don't have the legs.

A boo is a lot louder than a cheer.

I want to die at a hundred years old with an American flag on my back and the star of Texas on my helmet, after screaming down an Alpine descent on a bicycle at 75 miles per hour.

The riskiest thing you can do is get greedy.

Knowledge is power, community is strength and positive attitude is everything

If life gives you lemons, drink the juice in order to mask the presence of performing-enhancing drugs.

Giving up was never an option

Make an obstacle an opportunity, make a negative a positive.

I take nothing for granted. I now have only good days, or great days.