I joined the swim team when I was 12, and I was the worst kid in the pool - I was put with a group of 7-year-olds.

- Lance Armstrong

Marathons are hard because of the physical pain, the pounding on the muscles, joints, tendons.

- Lance Armstrong

I exercise everyday. I swim, I bike, I run and I go to the gym.

- Lance Armstrong

Winning is about heart, not just legs. It's got to be in the right place.

- Lance Armstrong

Nobody needs to cry for me. I'm going to be great.

- Lance Armstrong

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.

- Lance Armstrong

I'm on JetBlue and United. So I spend a lot of time on airplanes with other people and in terminals or just traveling around and going to restaurants or whatever. The interaction I get on a daily basis is always positive. I've never had a negative interaction.

- Lance Armstrong

But, listen, Eddie Merkyx would have won six Tours if he hadn't been punched.

- Lance Armstrong

Extraordinary allegations require extraordinary evidence.

- Lance Armstrong

Obviously, I come from one background, and the people that design fitness equipment have been doing it for years and years, and they know what works and doesn't work.

- Lance Armstrong

I may be in timeout forever. But I hope not to be.

- Lance Armstrong

I've committed to surfing the rest of my life.

- Lance Armstrong

It's funny, because I have periods where I just kind of go dark. I don't tweet, I don't talk, I don't interview, and then I have times where I do.

- Lance Armstrong

If I can't face my accusers, that's a joke. We did that in medieval times.

- Lance Armstrong

I still don't get golf.

- Lance Armstrong

It's nice to win. I'll never win again. I may have to take up golf - take on Tiger.

- Lance Armstrong

My mom was such a strong character. I don't want to say she was like a man, but she was tough.

- Lance Armstrong

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.

- Lance Armstrong

Portland, Oregon won't build a mile of road without a mile of bike path. You can commute there, even with that weather, all the time.

- Lance Armstrong

The riskiest thing you can do is get greedy.

- Lance Armstrong