The more the years go by, the more difficult it gets. I'm getting old.

I symbolized doping... My phone rarely rings. I can count on the fingers of one hand the number of riders who call me.

It was important to score points today and I went for them with my guts.

My first was in 1994 and it's ten years ago already. It's been ten years and I'm still around. I won a stage again, like I did last year and the year before.

Passion and strife bow down the mind.

Confidence cannot find a place wherein to rest in safety.

The only safety for the conquered is to expect no safety.

The world cares very little about what a man or woman knows; it is what a man or woman is able to do that counts.

He like a rock in the sea unshaken stands his ground.

Do not yield to misfortunes, but advance more boldly to meet them, as your fortune permits you.

Even virtue is fairer when it appears in a beautiful person.

Fortune sides with him who dares.

Go forth a conqueror and win great victories.

Happy is he who can trace effects to their causes.

If ye despise the human race, and mortal arms, yet remember that there is a God who is mindful of right and wrong.

Mind moves matter.

O accursed hunger of gold, to what dost thou not compel human hearts!

Perhaps even these things, one day, will be pleasing to remember.

Perhaps the day may come when we shall remember these sufferings with joy.

There's a snake lurking in the grass.