Lance Armstrong
Lance Armstrong
Lance Edward Armstrongis an American former professional road racing cyclist. He is the 1993 Elite Men's Road Race World Champion, and he had won the Tour de France seven consecutive times from 1999 to 2005, but was stripped of his Tour de France victories in 2012 after a protracted doping scandal...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionCyclist
Date of Birth18 September 1971
CityPlano, TX
CountryUnited States of America
long-ago old-wounds use
Nothing goes to waste, you put it all to use, the old wounds and long-ago slights become the stuff of competitive energy.
god nuts atheism
If there was a god, I'd still have both nuts.
athlete winning lows
I didn't just jump back on the bike and win. There were a lot of ups and downs, good results and bad results, but this time I didn't let the lows get to me.
years people design
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.
cancer athlete people
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.
pain joints marathon
Marathons are hard because of the physical pain, the pounding on the muscles, joints, tendons.
surfing surf committed
I've committed to surfing the rest of my life.
team kids years
I joined the swim team when I was 12, and I was the worst kid in the pool - I was put with a group of 7-year-olds.
drug tests performances
I have never had a single positive doping test, and I do not take performance-enhancing drugs.
taken drug wells
How many times do I have to say it? … Well, it can't be any clearer than 'I've never taken drugs.'
names people lasts
At this point of my life, I'm not out to protect anybody. I'm out to protect seven people, and they all have the last name Armstrong.
sorry believe hard-work
To all the cynics, I'm sorry for you, ... I'm sorry you can't believe in miracles. This is a great sporting event and hard work wins it.
gratitude cheer people
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.
childhood tides problem
If we don't somehow stem the tide of childhood obesity, we're going to have a huge problem.