There are few things that you can't do as long as you are willing to apply yourself. Greg LeMond More Quotes by Greg LeMond More Quotes From Greg LeMond It never gets easier; you just go faster. Greg LeMond motivational inspirational sports It doesn't get any easier; you just get faster. Greg LeMond easier faster I have always struggled to achieve excellence. One thing that cycling has taught me is that if you can achieve something without a struggle, it's not going to be satisfying. Greg LeMond cycling struggle inspirational There is no pill, no drug, that can do for you what one hour of exercise can. Greg LeMond pills drug exercise If Lance is clean, it is the greatest comeback in the history of sports. If he isn't, it would be the greatest fraud. Greg LeMond comeback would-be sports You don't suffer, kill yourself and take the risks I take just for money. I love bike racing. Greg LeMond love-yourself risk sports The most important decision I ever made in my career was to live my life in sports as honestly and ethically as possible. Never having compromised my values allows me to look back on my life with no regrets and feel satisfaction in what I was able to accomplish. Greg LeMond regret careers sports I wanted to be seen as a good person, and never wanted to let people down, but I found it hard to handle the fame or adulation. I didn't feel worthy of it. I was ashamed by who I thought I was because I felt partly responsible [for the abuse] and I was never able to enjoy the stuff I should have been able to enjoy. My first thought when I won the Tour was: 'My God, I'm going to be famous', and then I thought, 'He's going to call'. I was always waiting for that phone call. I lived in fear that anyone would ever find out. Greg LeMond phones should-have people Perhaps the single most important element in mastering the techniques and tactics of racing is experience. But once you have the fundamentals, acquiring the experience is a matter of time. Greg LeMond cycling racing sports Sincere apologies are for those that make them, not for those to whom they are made. Greg LeMond sincere apology made The key is being able to endure psychologically. When you're not riding well, you think, why suffer? Why push yourself for four or five hours? The mountains are the pinnacle of suffering Greg LeMond cycling keys thinking The problem with being a Tour de France winner is you always have that feeling of disappointment if you don't win again. That's the curse of the Tour de France. Greg LeMond disappointment winning feelings When you get second place, you say 'I could have won it here, I could have won it there.' When you win, you never say anything; it's finished. Greg LeMond finished winning say-anything More people should apologize, and more people should accept apologies when sincerely made. Greg LeMond im-sorry apology people I'm more optimistic about cycling right now than I've ever been. Greg LeMond cycling optimistic right-now There are so many people who have died of cycling, and that didn't happen when I was racing. Greg LeMond cycling racing people It is cycling as a professional sport that represents the problem. It can transform someone into a liar. Greg LeMond cycling liars sports Testing, we will never do enough of it. Greg LeMond testing enough I know it is possible to win the Tour without taking anything. Greg LeMond knows winning I'm lucky that mountian biking wasn't around when I was 20, because I wouldn't have won the Tour de France. It's my kind of sport - hard, individualistic, and not a lot of tactics. Greg LeMond cycling lucky sports
