If You Ever Get A Second Chance

You Know, Once I Was Thinking Of Quitting When I Was Diagnosed With Brain, Lung And Testicular Cancer All At The Same Time. But With The Love And Support Of My Friends And Family, I Got Back On The Bike And Won The Tour De France Five Times In A Row. But I'm Sure You Have A Good Reason To Quit.

Suffering, I Was Beginning To Think, Was Essential To A Good Life, And As Inextricable From Such A Life As Bliss. It’s A Great Enhancer. It Might Last A Minute, But Eventually It Subsides, And When It Does, Something Else Takes Its Place, And Maybe That Thing Is A Great Space. For Happiness. Each Time I Encountered Suffering, I Believed That I Grew, And Further Defined My Capacities – Not Just My Physical Ones, But My Interior Ones As Well, For Contentment, Friendship, Or Any Other Human Experience.

When You Win, You Don't Examine It Very Much, Except To Congratulate Yourself. You Easily, And Wrongly, Assume It Has Something To Do With Your Rare Qualities As A Person. But Winning Only Measures How Hard You've Worked And How Physically Talented You Are; It Doesn't Particularly Define You Beyond Those Characteristics.

If You Worried About Falling Off The Bike, You'd Never Get On.

It's Something I Find Enjoyable. Whether It Is A Road Bike Or Mountain Bike Or Tandem Bike. I Enjoy Riding A Bike.