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
anyone people questions sick talking tired
I am sick and tired of people talking about doping and I didn't cheat, and I know am clean. I'll take on anyone who questions that.
busy defied lives people separate
We're two people with separate busy lives and we've defied the odds,
bike bush dream might mountain people president ranch rides run scenario stays wonder
It's a dream scenario for me, ... Now that President Bush doesn't run anymore, he rides his mountain bike fanatically. People wonder why he's stays at the ranch so long, it might be the mountain bike trails.
believe doubt motivated people
Lance always has been motivated by people who don't believe him or doubt him.
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.
years people trying
For 15 years I was a complete arsehole to a dozen people. I said I would try and make it right with those people, and anybody that gave me an audience, I was there.
thinking people three
I know what happened to my foundation, from raising no money to raising $500m, serving three million people. Do we want to take that away? I don't think anybody says yes.
people levels may
I would love to be in a place, and I may never get there, where I can help people. It's something that I never really cared to advertise. It got advertised. I still do it on one-on-one level almost daily.
people needs fields
I don't need a field of a thousand people. Anybody can tell you that whoever needs help, I'm happy to help.
people trying apologizing
I will spend the rest of my life trying to earn back trust and apologize to people,
thinking people trying
We each cope differently with the specter of our deaths. Some people deny it. Some pray. Some numb themselves with tequila. I was tempted to do a little of each of those things. But I think we are supposed to try to face it straightforwardly, armed with nothing but courage.
gratitude cheer people
A boo is a lot louder than a cheer. If you have 10 people cheering and one person booing, all you hear is the booing.
years people design
Obviously, I come from one background, and the people that design fitness equipment have been doing it for years and years, and they know what works and doesn't work.
exercise lifestyle-choices people
For whatever reason, maybe it's because of my story, but people associate Livestrong with exercise and physical fitness, health and lifestyle choices like that.