I knew we had to drive on cobblestones, but I didn’t know they had thrown them down from a helicopter.
Virenque is riding. He (Aldag, ed.) stands perfectly still. He stands still as a German tree in the Harz.
We’ve crazy about cycling. We just so like it.
Age is not an obstacle. It is a limitation you impose on your mind.
Many of the greatest talents are allowed to sloppy for training, and when I see the youth national team play, it strikes me that many of them are very focused on their hairstyles or Italian hair bands.
I do not, in principle, comment on judges. Especially not him here.
Haters are a good problem to have. Nobody hates the good ones. They hate the great ones.
His shiny ice flashes like the sword of Athens in the setting French evening sun.
My parents have been there for me ever since I was 7 years old.
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They are some fools, excuse the expression, because they know the terms, and yet we must listen to the Norwegians’ pathetic statements every year. Many of us are fucking tired of that.
When I get in the ring, I have no sympathy for my opponent. I am there to win.
I will not promise to make history. But nothing is impossible.
Sören Åkeby gets standing ovations when he says at a press conference that AGF will be Danish champions in three years, and there is not a single one who asks if he is raving insane.
Now they just have to stop coming up with all sorts of weird ideas. You do not know what the next thing they think we should do is. Whether we’re going to run through fire or something. I sat and thought a bit about an idea one could give to them. Maybe the day after tomorrow or in a few days, they will do a stage where we do not know when there are goals. They say it is between 1 cm. and 300 km. and then all of a sudden it’s some man with a flag – maybe a dwarf. And then the stage is over.
Ultimately, it is the extra effort that separates the best from the second best. It requires ambition, determination, discipline and a willingness to sacrifice. If you add all this up, and even if you don’t win – how can you lose?
Whoever said “it’s not just about winning” probably said it after losing.
I can’t relate to lazy people. We don’t speak the same language. I don’t understand you. I don’t want to understand you.
Is it cool to be Nicklas Bendtner right now? It’s always cool to be Nicklas Bendtner.
I have never made a prediction, nor will I ever do so.
I am a trained teacher. But apparently not good at pedagogy
Everything negative – pressure, challenges – is all an opportunity for me to rise.
All I got from van Looy and his cronies was ridicule, not one piece of help or advice. They were very unfair, I was still just a naive young boy really. With Peugeot, and es[Simpson]pecially with Tom [Simpson], it was completely different.
There are many ways to motivate yourself to reach a higher level. Write about it, dream about it. But once you’ve done that – make it happen. Don’t settle for dreaming.
If you brake, you don’t win.