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
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.
rain fighting hands
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.
fighting opponents invisible
How do you fight an invisible opponent like suspicion?
fighting persistence balls
My greatest point is my persistence... However down I am, I fight until the last ball.
giving-up cancer fighting
We have two options, medically and emotionally: give up or fight like hell.
running believe fighting
Anything is possible, but you have to believe and you have to fight.
believe fighting persistence
Anything is possible. You can be told that you have a 90-percent chance or a 50-percent chance or a 1-percent chance, but you have to believe, and you have to fight.
few minutes people ridden
I know people who have ridden with him. I can tell you he's one very competitive guy. Very competitive, there's no talking. A few minutes of warm-up time, a little chitchat, then you go.
few minutes people ridden warm
I know people who have ridden with him, ... I can tell you he's one very competitive guy. Very competitive, there's no talking. A few minutes of warm up time, a little chitchat, then you go.
people ridden
I know people that have ridden with him. And I can tell you, he's one competitive dude.
alive blessed life today tour win
I know that I'm here today and I'm alive today and I've been blessed to have this life and this sport, and I want to win the 2004 Tour de France.
forward looking side sit
I'm looking forward to it, ... You sit there and tell your side of it.
best happened
the best thing that ever happened to me.
again based complete confident contact days doctor full illness love pervasive recent recovery reminded touched
Once again I'm reminded of just how pervasive this illness is, as it has now touched someone I love deeply. Based on my contact in recent days with Sheryl, her doctor and her family, I am confident that she will have a full and complete recovery and the world will be a better place for it.