Jobless people will have no self-confidence. And they feel they are worthless because when you don't have a job you have to rely on someone.

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

I have never had a single positive doping test, and I do not take performance-enhancing drugs.

Winning is about heart, not just legs. It's got to be in the right place.

I figure the faster I pedal, the faster I can retire.

If you ever get a second chance in life for something, you've got to go all the way.

Pain is temporary. Quitting lasts forever.

Anything is possible, but you have to believe and you have to fight.

If you worried about falling off the bike, you'd never get on.

It's simple. Success comes from training harder, living better and digging deeper than the others.

When you decide to follow a certain path, you should follow it to the end and not be diverted from it for personal reasons.

Justice is a dream. But it is a dream that we are determined to realize.

With the right kind of institutions, starting with the rule of law, Burma could progress very quickly.

Peace as a goal is an ideal which will not be contested by any government or nation, not even the most belligerent.

The people of my country want the two freedoms that spell security: freedom from want and freedom from fear.

If you can make people understand why freedom is so important through the arts, that would be a big help.

If you're feeling helpless, help someone.

The history of the world shows that peoples and societies do not have to pass through a fixed series of stages in the course of development.

I only used a cell phone for the first time after I was released. I had difficulty coping with it because it seemed so small and insubstantial.