Lance Armstrong
American former professional road racing cyclist.
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.
I want to die at a hundred years old with an American flag on my back and the star of Texas on my helmet, after screaming down an Alpine descent on a bicycle at 75 miles per hour. I want to cross one last finish line as my wife and my ten children applaud, and then I want to lie down in a field of those famous French sunflowers and gracefully expire, the perfect contradiction to my once anticipated poignant early demise.
Life, to me, is a series of false limits and my challenge as an athlete is to explore those limits on a bike.
Every year the media comes up with something to describe my race … The first year it was "the comeback." Then it was the "the confirmation." I don't know what it was last year. This year, for me, it's "the year of the team." I can't say how I compare to the rider I was in 1999 or 2000 or 2001, but this team is much stronger than it has ever been. It has made it easier for me.
Jake, why are you sitting in the front? I thought you liked it in the rear.