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I didn't invent the culture, but I didn't try to stop the culture.

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Lance Armstrong
Age: 53
Born: 1971
Born: September 18
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Professional Road Racing Cyclist
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I wanted to win the Tour de France. And when I won it once, I wanted to do it again, and again, and again, it just kept going. So there wasn't another competitive environment.
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The riskiest thing you can do is get greedy.
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A bicycle is the long-sought means of transportation for all of us who have runaway hearts.
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If you worried about falling off the bike, you'd never get on.
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It works better for me to be nervous and hungry.
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I still don't get golf.
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It's ironic, I used to ride my bike to make a living. Now I just want to live so that I can ride.
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I'm cycling to take cancer message worldwide.
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I'm not willing to put a percentage on the chances but I will no longer rule it out.
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Obviously, I come from one background, and the people that design fitness equipment have been doing it for years and years, and they know what works and doesn't work.
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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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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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I didn't live a lot of lies, but I lived one big one.
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A bike ride. Yes, that's it! A simple bike ride. It's what I love to do and most days I can't believe they pay me to do it. A day is not the same without it.
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The ban doesn't have anything to do with Livestrong or my ability to work in [the cancer] community. Perhaps it speeds it up. I don't know the examples in Great Britain of athletes who have fallen. I know the examples in the United States - the Tiger Woods, the Michael Vicks, even the Bill Clintons - people who are still out there able to work.
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I will spend the rest of my life trying to earn back trust and apologize to people.
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I figure the faster I pedal, the faster I can retire.
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My mom was such a strong character. I don't want to say she was like a man, but she was tough.
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The answer is hard work. What are you doing on Christmas Eve? Are you riding your bike? January 1st - are you riding your bike?
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My ruthless desire to win at all costs served me well on the bike but the level it went to, for whatever reason, is a flaw. That desire, that attitude, that arrogance.
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