David Millar
David Millar
David Millaris a Scottish former professional road racing cyclist...
NationalityBritish
ProfessionCyclist
Date of Birth4 January 1977
sports survival awful
Survival is the main objective. There are going to be some awful days, I know that from my background in the sport.
sports team two
Now there are two or three teams who are very ethical in their outlook who have opened up the economic benefits and that is probably going to be a turning point in the sport.
champion proud
I've been proud to be national champion.
done accumulation good-and-bad
I'm an accumulation of every single thing I've done, good and bad.
team lazy legs
I shave my legs twice a week. It's hard the first time you do it. But I'm very lazy. For a team photo in December I just did the fronts.
sports mean might
I might have changed, but that did not mean the sport had.
team simple cycling
To be brutally honest, it's simple economics. If they want to come into cycling, sponsors need to know the team they are funding is clean, otherwise the risk is just too great.
fighting romantic-love winning
It seemed romantic but also tragic - people would be winning but then lose it all, or crash but fight on, break bones but get back on their bikes and try to finish. Just getting to the end was seen as an achievement in itself.
car four firsts
The first time I rode a bike I was four or five. I crashed into the back of a car.
race fronts ifs
If you're not at the front, you're not in the race.
lying hate cells
My epiphany came in that police cell: I realized I was about to lose everything and it didn't bother me, not in the slightest. I'd come to hate cycling because I blamed it for the lie I was living.
hands lucky
I like my hands. Which is lucky as I have to spend all day looking at them on the handlebars.
hurt giving-up dont-give-up
Often the best guys are just those that can suffer longer, who don't give up. And it's so easy to give up, when you're on a mountain and it's really hurting. We go through a lot physically.
goodbye kissing long
I'll go [racing] until my body won't let me any more. Someone said to me: "The day you stop, you won't be able to get back on the same way as when you did as a pro." I want to delay that kiss goodbye as long as possible.