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You can teach someone how to control their strength, but you can't teach them to be strong.

Lance Armstrong

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Lance Armstrong
Age: 53
Born: 1971
Born: September 18
Autobiographer
Podcaster
Professional Road Racing Cyclist
Sport Cyclist
Triathlete
Plano
Texas
Lance Edward Armstrong
Lance Edward Gunderson
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I know what happened to my foundation, from raising no money to raising $500m, serving three million people. Do we want to take that away? I don't think anybody says yes.
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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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The idea that anybody was forced, or pressured, or encouraged, is not true.
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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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I'm not willing to put a percentage on the chances but I will no longer rule it out.
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Hard work, sacrifice and focus will never show up in tests.
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Cancer doesn’t care if you’re Republican or Democrat.
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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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It's a fact that children with cancer have higher cure rates than adults with cancer, and I wonder if the reason is their natural, unthinking bravery... Adults know too much about failure they're more cynical and resigned and fearful.
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I exercise everyday. I swim, I bike, I run and I go to the gym.
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I figure the faster I pedal, the faster I can retire.
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I'm cycling to take cancer message worldwide.
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I have never had a single positive doping test, and I do not take performance-enhancing drugs.
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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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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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People refer to 'the good ol' days', but I don't know what they're talking about. As someone who's battled cancer, if I lived more than 20 years ago, I'd be a dead man.
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But, listen, Eddie Merkyx would have won six Tours if he hadn't been punched.
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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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No one automatically gives you respect just because you show up. You have to earn it
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Pain is temporary. Eventually it will subside. If I quit, however, the surrender stays with me.
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