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
running hurt mean
Me and running don’t always see eye to eye. Some days it hurts more than others. But it doesn’t mean I don’t do it. I deal with it and I keep running because not everything that is good for you, always feels good for you.
faces medieval jokes
If I can't face my accusers, that's a joke. We did that in medieval times.
race sick dying
When I was sick, I didn't want to die. When I race, I don't want to lose. Dying and losing, it's the same thing.
pain forever quitting
Pain is only temporary. Quitting is forever!
athlete challenges limits
Life to me is a series of false limits and my challenge as an athlete is to explore those limits
cancer two victory
Regardless of one victory, two victories, four victories, there's never been a victory by a cancer survivor. That's a fact that hopefully I'll be remembered for.
encouraging girl strong
Live strong is exactly I guess what it says. It's one thing to live, but it's another thing to live strong, to attack the day and attack your life with a whole new attitude. This was a gift for me. I guess before the illness I just lived. Now, after the illness, I live strong.
surfing surf committed
I've committed to surfing the rest of my life.
france given bits
I've given gifts in the Tour de France and it's come back to bit me. So no gifts.
mom strong character
My mom was such a strong character. I don't want to say she was like a man, but she was tough.
team kids years
I joined the swim team when I was 12, and I was the worst kid in the pool - I was put with a group of 7-year-olds.
dying driving losing
Losing and dying: it's the same thing.
six ifs
But, listen, Eddie Merkyx would have won six Tours if he hadn't been punched.
lying bigs
I didn't live a lot of lies, but I lived one big one.