To All The Cynics, I'm Sorry For

During Our Lives...we Experience So Many Setbacks, And Fight Such A Hand-to-hand Battle With Failure, Head Down In The Rain, Just Trying To Stay Upright And To Have A Little Hope.

The Answer Is Hard Work. What Are You Doing On Christmas Eve? Are You Riding Your Bike? January 1st - Are You Riding Your Bike?

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.

Nobody Needs To Cry For Me. I'm Going To Be Great.

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.