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My career is going to be played out year by year. Will I be here in 2004? I don't know. The record won't keep me here. Happiness will.

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Lance Armstrong
Age: 53
Born: 1971
Born: September 18
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The biggest losers are those who care only about winning.
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The truth is, if you asked me to choose between winning the Tour de France and cancer, I would choose cancer. Odd as it sounds, I would rather have the title of cancer survivor than winner of the Tour, because of what it has done for me as a human being, a man, a husband, a son, and a father.
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Anything is possible. You can be told that you have a 90-percent chance or a 50-percent chance or a 1-percent chance, but you have to believe, and you have to fight.
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That was my decision, so I have to be responsible for that. It was one of the biggest mistakes of my life and I don't have a good reason for why I wanted to come back, I don't have a good reason for doing it all.
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Well, you better ride like you stole something 'cause you are about to win a stage in the Tour de Fance.
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Everybody wants to know what I'm on. What am I on? I'm on my bike busting my ass six hours a day. What are you on?
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Cancer doesn’t care if you’re Republican or Democrat.
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My mother told me...if you're going to get anywhere, you're going to have to do it yourself, because no one is going to do it for you.
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One of the redeeming things about being an athlete is redefining what is humanly possible.
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It's funny, because I have periods where I just kind of go dark. I don't tweet, I don't talk, I don't interview, and then I have times where I do.
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Winning is about heart, not just legs. It's got to be in the right place.
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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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Chasing records doesn't keep me on my bike. Happiness does.
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A boo is a lot louder than a cheer, if you have 10 people cheering and one person booing, all you hear is the booing.
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I exercise everyday. I swim, I bike, I run and I go to the gym.
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For 15 years I was a complete arsehole to a dozen people. I said I would try and make it right with those people, and anybody that gave me an audience, I was there.
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I've read that I flew up the hills and mountains of France. But you don't fly up a hill. You struggle slowly and painfully up a hill, and maybe, if you work very hard, you get to the top ahead of everybody else.
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If there is a defining characteristic of a man as opposed to a boy, maybe it's patience.
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