I didn't live a lot of lies, but I lived one big one. Lance Armstrong More Quotes by Lance Armstrong More Quotes From Lance Armstrong I wanted to win the Tour de France. And when I won it once, I wanted to do it again, and again, and again, it just kept going. So there wasn't another competitive environment. Lance Armstrong franceenvironmentwinning 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. Lance Armstrong tryingpeopleyears When I made the decision - when my team-mates made that decision, when the whole peloton made that decision - it was a bad decision and an imperfect time. But it happened. Lance Armstrong imperfectteamdecision Nobody wants to hear how I think I've been mistreated, or how I think my punishment should be lifted, or tweaked, or reduced. Nobody wants to hear me say that, nobody cares what I think about this. I get it. Lance Armstrong punishmentcarethinking I don't think anybody else from my generation had federal agents standing at their door with a badge and a gun, saying: 'You are going to answer my questions'. Lance Armstrong gundoorsthinking At this point of my life, I'm not out to protect anybody. I'm out to protect seven people, and they all have the last name Armstrong. Lance Armstrong lastsnamespeople My actions and reactions, and the way I treated certain scenarios, were way out of line, so I deserved some punishment. Lance Armstrong punishmentlinesway It's frustrating in the sense that I still think I could be competing at some sport at a fairly high level, which nobody cares about. Nobody wants to hear me say that. Lance Armstrong caresportsthinking I look forward to a time when lawyers aren't in the top three calls every day, and all you care about is how your kids are doing in school or what the weather's like and the great day you had with your family. Lance Armstrong weatherkidsschool 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. Lance Armstrong levelsmaypeople Everything in my life is in perspective. OK, perspective ebbs and flows. I've had bad days, but they weren't in the last years. A bad day is 2 October 1996: 'We've got bad news for you, you've got advanced testicular cancer and you've got a coin's toss chance of survival.' That's a bad day. Lance Armstrong cancerbad-dayyears That was my decision, so I have to be responsible for that. It was one of the biggest mistakes of my life and I don't have a good reason for why I wanted to come back, I don't have a good reason for doing it all. Lance Armstrong decisionreasonmistake I got the three things I wanted. I did my job, I worked hard in the process, and I cherish the memories, and they're mine. Lance Armstrong threejobsmemories I'm cycling to take cancer message worldwide. Lance Armstrong cyclingcancermessages I guess if I looked at it from an athletic standpoint, I don't really need to win another Tour. Seven Tours for me was a dream, six broke the record, so that eight doesn't really mean much. Lance Armstrong dreamwinningmean I believe that the mind powers the body, and once the mind says we want to do it, then the body will follow. Lance Armstrong bodymindbelieve It's tougher for me. But I don't think that's imperative to me starting a new movement, or revive an old movement, to help people. Lance Armstrong movementpeoplethinking The ban doesn't have anything to do with Livestrong or my ability to work in [the cancer] community. Perhaps it speeds it up. I don't know the examples in Great Britain of athletes who have fallen. I know the examples in the United States - the Tiger Woods, the Michael Vicks, even the Bill Clintons - people who are still out there able to work. Lance Armstrong cancerathletepeople Forever is a big word. I'm not going anywhere. Lance Armstrong bigsforever What matters is ultimately what collectively those people on the street - whether that's the cycling community, the cancer community - it matters what they think. Lance Armstrong cancerwhat-mattersthinking
