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Greg LeMond Biography

Gregory James "Greg" LeMond (born June 26, 1961) is an American former professional road racing cyclist who won the Road Race World Championship twice (1983 and 1989) and the Tour de France three times (1986, 1989 and 1990). He is also an entrepreneur and anti-doping advocate. LeMond was born in Lakewood, California, and raised in ranch country on the eastern slopes of the Sierra Nevada mountain range, near Reno. He is married and has three children with his wife Kathy, with whom he supports a variety of charitable causes and organizations.

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There are few things that you can't do as long as you are willing to apply yourself.

Apply, Hardwork, Long, Willing, Work

There is no pill, no drug, that can do for you what one hour of exercise can.

Drug, Exercise, Hour, Pills

Testing, we will never do enough of it.

Enough, Testing

Racing is a very selfish, self-centred, self-glorifying thing. My wife's life for 14 years was centered around me. It was all about me. It was all for my ego.

Life, Selfish, Wife, Years

I know it is possible to win the Tour without taking anything.

Know, Knows, Possible, Taking, Tour, Winning

I have always struggled to achieve excellence. One thing that cycling has taught me is that if you can achieve something without a struggle, it's not going to be satisfying.

Inspirational, Struggle, Cycling, Thing, Satisfying, Taught

Sincere apologies are for those that make them, not for those to whom they are made.

Apologies, Apology, Made, Make, Sincere

I know too that we Americans like to think of ourselves as cleaner than clean, a healthy nation who would never take anything when a recent poll suggested that 65 per cent of the population would risk dying in 10 years if they would be guaranteed Olympic gold.

Healthy, Per, Suggested, Take, Thinking, Years

There are so many people who have died of cycling, and that didn't happen when I was racing.

Cycling, People, Racing, Happen, Died

When you get second place, you say 'I could have won it here, I could have won it there. ' When you win, you never say anything; it's finished.

Winning, Say Anything, Finished, Won, Win

The most important decision I ever made in my career was to live my life in sports as honestly and ethically as possible. Never having compromised my values allows me to look back on my life with no regrets and feel satisfaction in what I was able to accomplish.

Sports, Regret, Careers, Life, Satisfaction

It never gets easier; you just go faster.

Easier, Faster, Gets, Inspirational, Motivational, Sports

The problem with being a Tour de France winner is you always have that feeling of disappointment if you don't win again. That's the curse of the Tour de France.

Disappointment, Feelings, Win, Winner, Winning

It is cycling as a professional sport that represents the problem. It can transform someone into a liar.

Cycling, Liars, Problem, Represents, Sports, Transform

I'm more optimistic about cycling right now than I've ever been.

Cycling, Optimistic, Right, Right Now

More people should apologize, and more people should accept apologies when sincerely made.

Accept, Apologize, Apology, Im Sorry, People, Sincerely

The key is being able to endure psychologically. When you're not riding well, you think, why suffer? Why push yourself for four or five hours? The mountains are the pinnacle of suffering

Thinking, Keys, Cycling, Four, Riding, Think

It doesn't get any easier; you just get faster.

Easier, Faster