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
fighting persistence balls
My greatest point is my persistence... However down I am, I fight until the last ball.
childhood tides problem
If we don't somehow stem the tide of childhood obesity, we're going to have a huge problem.
mind body shut-up
The body is telling the mind to stop. The mind is telling the body to shut up.
taken rights drug
[A 2005 response to doping allegations] Unfortunately, the witch hunt continues and tomorrow's article is nothing short of tabloid journalism. The paper even admits in its own article that the science in question here is faulty and that I have no way to defend myself. They state: 'There will therefore be no counter-exam nor regulatory prosecutions, in a strict sense, since defendant's rights cannot be respected.' I will simply restate what I have said many times: I have never taken performance enhancing drugs.
needs cry
Nobody needs to cry for me. I'm going to be great.
golf stills
I still don't get golf.
sky house burned
My house is burned, but I can see the sky.
athlete race childhood
Athletes don't have much use for poking around in their childhoods, because, introspection doesn't get you anywhere in a race.
motivation heart race
I love this race from the very depths of my heart. It gives me motivation and it transcendsme like nothing else in the world.
believe simple pay
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...
strong teach
You can teach someone how to control their strength, but you can't teach them to be strong.
cancer heard
I thought I knew what fear was, until I heard the words 'You have cancer'.
knows
We are much better than we know.
simple training digging
It's simple. Success comes from training harder, living better and digging deeper than the others.