Lance Armstrong quotes

Lance Armstrong is an American former professional road racing cyclist, widely known for winning the Tour de France seven consecutive times. His career was overshadowed by a major doping scandal that led to the loss of his titles. He later became an advocate for cancer awareness after surviving the disease himself. Here are 74 of his quotes:

Pain is temporary. It may last a minute, or an hour, or a day, or a year, but eventually it will subside and something else will take its place. If I quit, however, it lasts forever. (Lance Armstrong)
If you worried about falling off the bike, you'd never get on. View quote
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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. View quote
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Life, to me, is a series of false limits and my challenge as an athlete is to explore those limits on a bike. View quote
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Pain is temporary. Quitting lasts forever. View quote
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One of the redeeming things about being an athlete is redefining what is humanly possible. View quote
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If there was a god, I'd still have both nuts. View quote
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My mother told me... if you're going to get anywhere, you're going to have to do it yourself, because no one is going to do it for you. View quote
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Every year the media comes up with something to describe my race ... The first year it was "the comeback." Then it was the "the confirmation." I don't know what it was last year. This year, for me, it's "the year of the team." I can't say how I compare to the rider I was in 1999 or 2000 or 2001, but this team is much stronger than it has ever been. It has made it easier for me. View quote
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Finally, the last thing I'll say to the people who don't believe in cycling, the cynics and the sceptics: I'm sorry for you. I'm sorry that you can't dream big. I'm sorry you don't believe in miracles. View quote
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‎"Make an obstacle an opportunity, make a negative a positive. (Lance Armstrong)
Giving up was never an option. View quote
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Knowledge is power, community is strength and positive attitude is everything. View quote
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If children have the ability to ignore all odds and percentages, then maybe we can all learn from them. When you think about it, what other choice is there but to hope? We have two options, medically and emotionally: give up, or Fight Like Hell. View quote
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There comes a point in every man's life when he has to say: 'Enough is enough.' View quote
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What is stronger, fear or hope? View quote
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Hard work, sacrifice and focus will never show up in tests. View quote
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Hope that is the only antidote to fear. View quote
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All their players tested positive... for being assholes. View quote
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Jake, why are you sitting in the front? I thought you liked it in the rear. View quote
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I don't have anything against organized religion per se. We all need something in our lives. I personally just have not accepted that belief. But I'm one of the few. (Lance Armstrong)
I want all of you to know that I intend to beat this disease. And further, I intend to ride again as a professional cyclist. View quote
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No gifts this year. I have given gifts on the Tour de France and very rarely has it ever come back to help me. This is the biggest bike race in the world and it means more than any bike race in the world. It means more to me than any bike race in the world. I want to win ... no gifts. View quote
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I want to die at a hundred years old with an American flag on my back and the star of Texas on my helmet, after screaming down an Alpine descent on a bicycle at 75 miles per hour. View quote
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Anyone who imagines they can work alone winds up surrounded by nothing but rivals, without companions. The fact is, no one ascends alone. View quote
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