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Cyclist Inspirational Quotes (102)

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With the schedule I created for myself, I saw a lot of times that others copied what I did. And if you copy somebody, you are always too late. And that was always my luck, that I never copied somebody, that I developed something new. And they were always one step behind.
Sven Nys
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I wonder if those experts who tell us that our sexual appetite is the strongest know what real thirst feels like I can imagine the desire for water driving someone to commit a crime to which sexual desire could never drive them.
Dervla Murphy
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hatred, however apparently justifiable, excusable or inevitable, always damages the hater.
Dervla Murphy
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I would like to cite an instance which proves the efficacy of clean living on the part of an athlete coupled with the inspiration received from a champion which go a long way to making a champion.
Major Taylor
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At the end of my career, I was, most of the time, a rider who came out of the background and won races just like that. I stayed calm and used my experience. So if you can feel that, if you know how to handle that, then yeah, that's really nice.
Sven Nys
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To be brutally honest, it's simple economics. If they want to come into cycling, sponsors need to know the team they are funding is clean, otherwise the risk is just too great.
David Millar
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I really love routine and so I've never found it a problem. I really enjoy it. I don't mind somebody organising what I have to do. I'm a creature of habit in some ways.
Victoria Pendleton
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When you see your male counterparts living a completely different lifestyle, I think it would be quite depressing! So no, it's not for me.
Victoria Pendleton
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The moral turpitude of the boys of today appears to center in their failure to concentrate on any particular objective long enough to obtain their maximum results.
Major Taylor
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It is my thought that clean living and a strict observance of the golden rule of true sportsmanship are foundation stones without which a championship structure cannot be built.
Major Taylor
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The manner in which one loses the battle can sometimes outshine the victory.
David Millar
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I like to eat healthily anyway and I think I've become more disciplined now I've retired - because I'm such a creature of habit, I don't find it hard to do. I quite enjoy the challenge.
Victoria Pendleton
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Is this something else our age does - on the one hand make communication easier than ever before, while on the other hand widening the gulf between those who are 'developed' and those who are not?
Dervla Murphy
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What I have to do now is figure where my passion is, and follow my heart I've proven that if I have the passion for something then I can succeed. I haven't been listening to my heart in the last little while.
Clara Hughes
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There's a terrible delight in watching a rival sink without a trace
Bernard Hinault
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With athletes, it's never fully understood the level to which we push ourselves. Especially in an endurance sport.
Clara Hughes
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I listen to a variety of stuff on my iPod: Chemical Brothers, Prodigy, Public Enemy, Foo Fighters, anything that gets my adrenalin flowing.
Chris Hoy
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In a word I was a pioneer, and therefore had to blaze my own trail.
Major Taylor
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There will always be that dreadful monster prejudice to do extra battle against because of their color.
Major Taylor
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I want people to be inspired that I've always strived for excellence and I've always gone beyond what anybody ever thought I could do, what I thought I myself could do. And I've allowed myself to be inspired, kept my eyes open and my senses open to inspiration around me.
Clara Hughes
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If you dream and you allow yourself to dream you can do anything.
Clara Hughes
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Training is bad for you! Training followed by rest and proper nutrition is good for you and will make you better prepared for the event you are training for.
Graeme Obree
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Training can be monotonous, and it is hard work, but you never lose sight of why you are doing it. Every single effort of every single session counts in the months and years leading up to a big event.
Chris Hoy
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It really is all about believing in yourself: 80 per cent mental, 20 per cent physical.
Victoria Pendleton
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