Lance Armstrong
Lance Armstrong
Lance Edward Armstrongis an American former professional road racing cyclist. He is the 1993 Elite Men's Road Race World Champion, and he had won the Tour de France seven consecutive times from 1999 to 2005, but was stripped of his Tour de France victories in 2012 after a protracted doping scandal...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionCyclist
Date of Birth18 September 1971
CityPlano, TX
CountryUnited States of America
cancer bad-day years
Everything in my life is in perspective. OK, perspective ebbs and flows. I've had bad days, but they weren't in the last years. A bad day is 2 October 1996: 'We've got bad news for you, you've got advanced testicular cancer and you've got a coin's toss chance of survival.' That's a bad day.
sports thinking levels
It's frustrating in the sense that I still think I could be competing at some sport at a fairly high level, which nobody cares about. Nobody wants to hear me say that.
fighting race training
It was great to fight in training, great to fight in the race, but you don't need to fight in a press conference, or an interview, or a personal interaction.
girlfriend
At least I didn't invent a dead girlfriend
feelings clubs up-to-you
It's a great feeling when someone like Bernard Hinault comes up to you on the podium to say 'Welcome to the club
teamwork regret dodgeball
I guess if a person didn't quit when the going got tough, they wouldn't have anything to regret for the rest of their life.
children cancer cynical
It's a fact that children with cancer have higher cure rates than adults with cancer, and I wonder if the reason is their natural, unthinking bravery... Adults know too much about failure; they're more cynical and resigned and fearful.
dark interviews kind
It's funny, because I have periods where I just kind of go dark. I don't tweet, I don't talk, I don't interview, and then I have times where I do.
athlete race goal
I realize that there are many variables outside my control in my quest, but focusing on the big goal down the road really motivates me. To help me stay focused, I set micro-goals such as races or training achievements that bring me one step closer to being at my best for major goals
cancer thinking suffering
So if there is a purpose to the suffering that is cancer, I think it must be this: it's meant to improve us.
giving shows
No one automatically gives you respect just because you show up. You have to earn it
sports nice golf
It's nice to win. I'll never win again. I may have to take up golf - take on Tiger.
cancer survival firsts
The question was, which would the chemo kill first: the cancer or me?
cancer careers giving
It gave me a chance to re-evaluate my life and my career. Cancer certainly gives things a new perspective. I would not have won the Tour de France if I had not had cancer. It gave me new strength and focus.