Extraordinary allegations require extraordinary evidence.
If we don’t somehow stem the tide of childhood obesity, we’re going to have a huge problem.
Nobody needs to cry for me. I’m going to be great.
I still don’t get golf.
My actions and reactions, and the way I treated certain scenarios, were way out of line, so I deserved some punishment.
It can’t be any simpler: the farewell is going to be on the Champs-Elysees.
There’s no rule, no law, no regulation that says you can’t come back. So I have every right to come back.
I have been dealing with claims that I cheated and had an unfair advantage in winning my seven Tours since 1999.
It’s frustrating in the sense that I still think I could be competing at some sport at a fairly high level, which nobody cares about. Nobody wants to hear me say that.
If I can’t face my accusers, that’s a joke. We did that in medieval times.
It’s nice to win. I’ll never win again. I may have to take up golf – take on Tiger.
My mom was such a strong character. I don’t want to say she was like a man, but she was tough.
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.
There was certainly a dishonesty there that I think is totally regrettable and inexcusable. The ringleading, the bullying: not totally true.
I’ve committed to surfing the rest of my life.
It’s tough to be a 15- or 16-year-old athlete competing around the country. There’s tension, there’s media. I had no idea what I was getting into.
Marathons are hard because of the physical pain, the pounding on the muscles, joints, tendons.
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.
If there was a god, I’d still have both nuts.
I’m not willing to put a percentage on the chances but I will no longer rule it out.