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. Lance Armstrong More Quotes by Lance Armstrong More Quotes From Lance Armstrong I wanted to live, but whether I would or not was mystery, and in the midst of confronting that fact, even at that moment, I was beginning to sense that to stare into the heart of such a fearful mystery wasn't a bad thing. To be afraid is a priceless education. P 99 Lance Armstrong priceless heart facts Nobody is going to feel sorry for me if I've lost a dollar or $100m. Lance Armstrong dollars sorry lost The answer is hard work. What are you doing on Christmas Eve? Are you riding your bike? January 1st - are you riding your bike? Lance Armstrong riding-your-bike hard-work answers Life to me is a series of false limits and my challenge as an athlete is to explore those limits Lance Armstrong limits athlete challenges Average is Your Enemy. Lance Armstrong my-favorite average enemy I am just coming into my best years. This year I did new things; stretching and abdominal work. Lance Armstrong abdominals best-year years Fear is priceless education. Lance Armstrong priceless education I raced because I was paid to do a job and I felt like I had to do the job. Number two: I raced because I loved the process, I loved training, getting ready for the race, I loved all of that. And number three I raced for my memories. Regardless of what somebody wants to give or take away, you can't take my memories. Lance Armstrong race jobs memories I'm sorry you don't believe in miracles. Lance Armstrong miracle sorry believe Losing and dying: it's the same thing. Lance Armstrong driving dying losing It gave me a chance to re-evaluate my life and my career. Cancer certainly gives things a new perspective. I would not have won the Tour de France if I had not had cancer. It gave me new strength and focus. Lance Armstrong cancer careers giving I didn't just jump back on the bike and win. There were a lot of ups and downs, good results and bad results, but this time I didn't let the lows get to me. Lance Armstrong athlete inspirational sports It works better for me to be nervous and hungry. Lance Armstrong hungry nervous giving-up When you know your not going to die, you have to ask yourself... What's the highest and best use for myself. Lance Armstrong use knows action Cancer taught me a plan for more purposeful living, and that in turn taught me how to train and to win more purposefully. It taught me that pain has a reason, and that sometimes the experience of losing things-whether health or a car or an old sense of self-has its own value in the scheme of life. Pain and loss are great enhancers. Lance Armstrong cancer pain loss It's ironic, I used to ride my bike to make a living. Now I just want to live so that I can ride. Lance Armstrong ironic used want The idea that anybody was forced, or pressured, or encouraged, is not true. Lance Armstrong pressured ideas I didn't live a lot of lies, but I lived one big one. Lance Armstrong bigs lying I rode, and I rode, and I rode. I rode like I had never ridden, punishing my body up and down every hill I could find. I rode when no one else would ride. Lance Armstrong up-and-down hills body There was more happiness in the process, in the build, in the preparation. The winning was almost phoned in. Lance Armstrong preparation process winning
