I Am Flawed, Deeply Flawed. I Didn't

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.

I'm Not A Patient Person.

I Become A Happier Man Each Time I Suffer

I Guess If I Looked At It From An Athletic Standpoint, I Don't Really Need To Win Another Tour. Seven Tours For Me Was A Dream, Six Broke The Record, So That Eight Doesn't Really Mean Much.

What Makes A Great Endurance Athlete Is The Ability To Absorb Potenial Embarrassment, And To Suffer Without Complaint. I Was Discovering That If It Was A Matter Of Gritting My Teeth, Not Caring How It Looked, And Outlasting Everybody Else, I Won. It Didn't Seem To Matter What Sport It Was-in A Straight-ahead, Long-distant Race, I Could Beat Anybody. If It Was A Suffer-fest, I Was Good At It.