In argument similes are like songs in love; they describe much, but prove nothing.
It works better for me to be nervous and hungry.
Anything is possible. You can be told that you have a 90-percent chance or a 50-percent chance or a 1-percent chance, but you have to believe, and you have to fight.
I am flawed, deeply flawed. I didn't invent the [doping] culture but I didn't try to stop the culture and that's my mistake, and that's what I have to be sorry for.
Pain is temporary. It may last a minute, or an hour, or a day, or a year, but eventually it will subside and something else will take its place. If I quit, however, it lasts forever.
Cycling is so hard, the suffering is so intense, that it’s absolutely cleansing. The pain is so deep and strong that a curtain descends over your brain…. Once; someone asked me what pleasure I took in riding for so long. ‘PLEASURE???? I said. ’ ‘I don’t understand the question. ’ I didn’t do it for the pleasure; I did it for the pain.
Knowledge is power, community is strength and positive attitude is everything
My personal style is kind of tomboy-boho chic! Sort of funky but simple.
Those things for which we find words, are things we have already overcome.
Politicians are just a bunch of local bandits, sent by their local voters to raid the public treasury.
Staying engaged with God is absolutely essential for getting through a tough time.