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What makes a great endurance athlete is the ability to absorb potential embarrassment, and to suffer without complaint.

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Lance Armstrong
Age: 53
Born: 1971
Born: September 18
Autobiographer
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Professional Road Racing Cyclist
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Texas
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One of the redeeming things about being an athlete is redefining what is humanly possible.
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Pain is temporary. Eventually it will subside. If I quit, however, the surrender stays with me.
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Nobody wants to hear how I think I've been mistreated, or how I think my punishment should be lifted, or tweaked, or reduced. Nobody wants to hear me say that, nobody cares what I think about this. I get it.
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If life gives you lemons, drink the juice in order to mask the presence of performing-enhancing drugs.
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