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
basis negative people positive spend time traveling
I'm on JetBlue and United. So I spend a lot of time on airplanes with other people and in terminals or just traveling around and going to restaurants or whatever. The interaction I get on a daily basis is always positive. I've never had a negative interaction.
cherish perfect ride role
I think it's better we downplay our chances. I think we should cherish this role as the underdog, because it's the perfect way to ride this race.
career coming ended happy
I think it's better that way. I'm happy with the way my career went and ended and I'm not coming back.
austin call continued fellow honor pleasure thanks
It has been an honor for me to call Austin home. It is my pleasure to say thanks to my fellow residents for their continued support.
bike couple rest return spain
I will return to Spain to rest up and be back on the bike in a couple of days.
minutes spoke stuff
I actually spoke to him for about 30 minutes and he didn't say any of that stuff to me personally,
business helped talk tour
I also did this at the Tour of California, which was pretty cool. Today, we helped out when necessary, but a lot of what I did was talk business with Johan.
best information insider
He has the best condition. Tomorrow, he is the favorite. I have insider information,
announce chance defend french guy lab open positive samples trust
What else can it be? ... Do you think I'm going to trust some guy in a French lab to open my samples and say they're positive and announce that to the world and not give me the chance to defend myself? That's ludicrous. There is no way you can do that.
cool dad luke quit son thinks
My son Luke thinks it's cool that his dad quit his job,
felt hard time
I had a hard time because of the heat. It was a really hard day but I felt strong,
adjusted finally jet morning seemed sore throat trip woke worse
I had finally adjusted to the jet lag of the trip but woke up this morning with a sore throat that seemed to get worse all day,
happens plays press stuff time watch
I just have to watch what happens in the press and see how it plays out. You know, it's always interesting reading; you just watch that stuff and never know how it's going to play out. It's not the first time it's happened.
dig dog race realized suffering tour wakes
I realized that the Tour is the one race that makes me tick, ... It's the one that wakes me up early. And it's the one, when I'm suffering like a dog in training, that makes me dig that much deeper. Nothing compares.