When I Was Sick, I

It's Ironic, I Used To Ride My Bike To Make A Living. Now I Just Want To Live So That I Can Ride.

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'.

I Have Never Had A Single Positive Doping Test, And I Do Not Take Performance-enhancing Drugs.

But The Fact Is That I Wouldn't Have Won Even A Single Tour De France Without The Lesson Of Illness. What It Teaches Is This: Pain Is Temporary. Quitting Lasts Forever.

There Was Certainly A Dishonesty There That I Think Is Totally Regrettable And Inexcusable. The Ringleading, The Bullying: Not Totally True.