Biography

American cyclist who won the Tour de France from 1999 to 2005. Diagnosed with cancer in 1996, Lance fought back to be arguably the greatest cyclist of all time and greatest inspiration of all time as well.


Lance Armstrong
Birthdays don't really matter much anymore ... for me, I sort of have a new birthday and that's October 2nd, the day I was diagnosed, ... the day we all sort of look to and mark these milestones by one year, two year, five year, 10 year. Hopefully, I have a 50 year.
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Without the illness I would never have been forced to re-evaluate my life and my career. I know if I had not had cancer, I would not have won the Tour de France.
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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.
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The riskiest thing you can do is get greedy.
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If you worried about falling off the bike, you'd never get on.
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Two things scare me. The first is getting hurt. But that's not nearly as scary as the second, which is losing.
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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.
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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.
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I figure the faster I pedal, the faster I can retire.
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It can't be any simpler: the farewell is going to be on the Champs-Elysees.
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It's nice to win. I'll never win again. I may have to take up golf - take on Tiger.
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Pain is temporary. Quitting lasts forever.
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To all the cynics, I'm sorry for you, I'm sorry you can't believe in miracles. This is a great sporting event and hard work wins it.
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Winning is about heart, not just legs. It's got to be in the right place.
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Anything is possible. You can be told that you have a 90-percent chance or a 50-percent chance or a 1-percent chance, but you have to believe, and you have to fight.
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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.
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Through my illness I learned rejection. I was written off. That was the moment I thought, Okay, game on. No prisoners. Everybody's going down.
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