Bradley Wiggins Professions : Professional Road Racing Cyclist Born : April 28, 1980 Browse All Authors Top 33 quotes by Bradley Wiggins It is nice to be recognised for actually achieving something in life as opposed to spending seven weeks in a house on TV with a load of other muppets. Bradley Wiggins tvs nice house Cycling has given me everything. Bradley Wiggins cycling given If you're into the brand and the heritage of the brand, you can always remember where you got your first Fred Perry Shirt, and for me I was nine years old Bradley Wiggins heritage nine years London has what it takes to host the greatest sporting show on earth [on the 2012 Olympic bid Bradley Wiggins host london earth To win more medals at Beijing is just fantastic, and British cycling has come a huge way in the last few years. Bradley Wiggins cycling winning years There are a lot of big names in that team who would potentially have had to look for new sponsors and there's limited places now with the amount of teams that have folded, i'm sure if that's true and it all comes off, it's signed and the money's in the bank then I think that'll be a big weight off the like of Geraint, Froome's shoulders before they go into the Grand Tours really. Bradley Wiggins sports I think it's probably harder for him this time. He has to travel out to a completely different continent whereas we came back home, and that is probably more of a challenge for Chris Froome. Bradley Wiggins sports I feel like I was born to ride the track. Bradley Wiggins i-was-born ride feel born I came to the conclusion that I'm not going to give up cycling because some people are cheating. Bradley Wiggins some-people some cheating people That period afterwards, just hating being the winner of the Tour de France, hating cycling, hating the media for asking me questions about Lance Armstrong. Bradley Wiggins questions me winner media They do say now in cycling that there's no such thing as bad weather - it's bad clothing. Bradley Wiggins clothing say bad weather A lot of the bikes are carbon wheels now, and you don't have as good a braking surface on a carbon wheel in the wet weather as you do on the old aluminium rims. Bradley Wiggins old good you weather It's difficult, and it's an incredibly fine balance between getting your weight right down and being anorexic. Bradley Wiggins your down difficult balance People come up to me in the street and use words like 'legend.' Bradley Wiggins legend words me people That's the great thing about the Tour. There's always next year and the chance to rectify everything. Bradley Wiggins everything great always chance The Tour has changed, and I can't make up my mind if it's changed for the better or worse. Bradley Wiggins worse tour better mind If we went to the Tour, I'd have to think, what would our purpose be? Would it be to win the Tour de France? I'm not sure I want that pressure. Bradley Wiggins win think purpose pressure I was born in Belgium, but we moved to Kilburn when I was one, so 'Time Out' has always been in the background of my life. Bradley Wiggins my-life born time life The 2012 Olympics is a fantastic incentive for everyone to help leave a sporting legacy and show that Britain is truly a great sporting nation. Bradley Wiggins nation leave great legacy Growing up, the news agents round my way in Kilburn all had 'Time Out' on their shopfronts. The logo is a London icon. Bradley Wiggins news growing-up time way Similar Authors Chris Horner professional-road-racing-cyclist Chris Froome professional-road-racing-cyclist Greg LeMond professional-road-racing-cyclist Greg Henderson professional-road-racing-cyclist Cadel Evans professional-road-racing-cyclist Frankie Andreu professional-road-racing-cyclist All Authors
