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Motivation can't take you very far if you don't have the legs.

Lance Armstrong

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Lance Armstrong
Age: 53
Born: 1971
Born: September 18
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Two things scare me. The first is getting hurt. But that's not nearly as scary as the second, which is losing.
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During our lives...we experience so many setbacks, and fight such a hand-to-hand battle with failure, head down in the rain, just trying to stay upright and to have a little hope.
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Hey. Pain can last a moment, it can last a day, it can last a week, it can last a long..long time, but it can't last forever and the only thing that can last forever is if you quit.
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The Europeans look down on raising your hands. They don't like the end-zone dance. I think that's unfortunate. That feeling - the finish line, the last couple of meters - is what motivates me.
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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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It's frustrating in the sense that I still think I could be competing at some sport at a fairly high level, which nobody cares about. Nobody wants to hear me say that.
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We have unrealized capacities that sometimes only emerge in crisis.
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It's nice to win. I'll never win again. I may have to take up golf - take on Tiger.
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There was certainly a dishonesty there that I think is totally regrettable and inexcusable. The ringleading, the bullying: not totally true.
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I spent a long time trying to build up an organisation [the Lance Armstrong Foundation that changed its name to Livestrong after his confession] to help a lot of people.
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Winning is about heart, not just legs. It's got to be in the right place.
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When you know your not going to die, you have to ask yourself... What's the highest and best use for myself.
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If I was racing in 2015, no, I wouldn't do it again because I don't think you have to. If you take me back to 1995, when doping was completely pervasive, I would probably do it again.
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Fear is priceless education.
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But, listen, Eddie Merkyx would have won six Tours if he hadn't been punched.
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Made plenty of mistakes along the way - all of which I am truly sorry.
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It's a great feeling when someone like Bernard Hinault comes up to you on the podium to say 'Welcome to the club
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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.
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I've given gifts in the Tour de France and it's come back to bit me. So no gifts.
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