Lance Armstrong Race Quotations

The Tour de France is not the only bike race in the world, but it is the biggest, so the possibility could still exist to do a Tour of Italy, a Tour of Spain.

I realized that the Tour is the one race that makes me tick, ... It's the one that wakes me up early. And it's the one, when I'm suffering like a dog in training, that makes me dig that much deeper. Nothing compares.

Georgia was a great race last year and very tough in terms of its route, ... I hope to defend there, although I think it will be tougher this year.

The Tour (de France) is essentially a math problem, a 2,000-mile race over three weeks that's sometimes won by a margin of a minute or less. How do you propel yourself through space on a bicycle, sometimes steeply uphill, at a speed sustainable for three weeks? Every second counts.

I love this race from the very depths of my heart. It gives me motivation and it transcendsme like nothing else in the world.

Athletes don't have much use for poking around in their childhoods, because, introspection doesn't get you anywhere in a race.

We sped on, across the plains, toward Metz. I hung back, saving myself. It is called the Race of Truth. The early stages separate the strong riders from the weak. Now the weak would be eliminated altogether.

When I was sick, I didn't want to die. When I race, I don't want to lose. Dying and losing, it's the same thing.

I realize that there are many variables outside my control in my quest, but focusing on the big goal down the road really motivates me. To help me stay focused, I set micro-goals such as races or training achievements that bring me one step closer to being at my best for major goals

It was great to fight in training, great to fight in the race, but you don't need to fight in a press conference, or an interview, or a personal interaction.

I don't want to denigrate the race and say it is just a preparation race, because I don't feel bad about the training I have done,