Another 39 quotes - for his birthday.
39. "They say stress causes cancer. So if you want to avoid cancer, don't come to the Tour de France and wear the yellow jersey, it's too much stress."
Cyclingnews July 1999.
38. “The constituency that I represent is now cancer survivors.”
Vanity Fair Sept. 08.
37. "I haven't made a dime off Livestrong.com. Obviously the .org is the foundation, .com is a subsidiary of Demand Media. Both the foundation and myself have equity in Demand".
ESPN July 2009.
36. "Are you calling me a liar or a doper?"
CyclingNews July 1999.
35.
Are you in favour of retroactive testing? Yes. They give you the option when you are tested – can we use your specimen in the future for experiments? I always check ‘yes’.
Cycling Weekly Dec. 2008.
34.
Do you have any Therapeutic Use Exemptions? No. Never have.
Never? What about the cortisone? Well, obviously there was the cortisone.
Cycling Weekly Dec. 2008.
33. "I didn’t go out of my way to make friends with the French media. In fact, I was combative. I was unavailable, arrogant, and I was that way to a lot of them. Anybody who wrote a negative article: Done. Never speak to them again. I won’t do that this time. I mean, these daily or weekly [phone conferences]? Everyone’s invited. From the bitterest of rivals I’ve ever had in the pressroom: Get on call. If you’ve got a question, ask it.… They’ll realize that I’m not messing around.”
Vanity Fair Sept. 08.
32.
Have you ever taken EPO? "Yes, during the fall of 1996. Whenever I was ill."
Cycling Weekly Dec. 2008.
31. "Specifically, he has never discussed EPO with me and I have never used it."
Active.com July 2001.
30. “The most glaring thing is the misconception that I was the owner of the team. That’s completely untrue. No ownership, none at all.”
NYT July 2010.
29.
Do you have any ownership interest in Tailwind Sports? "A small one."
When you say a small one, can you give me an approximate percentage as to what that would be, if you know? "Perhaps ten percent."
SCA Testimony Nov. 2005.
28.
Lemond is a thorn in your side now. How can peace be made with him?
I don’t spend a lot of time thinking about Greg.
Cycling Weekly Dec. 2008.
27.
If you win another Tour or three, will you retire, sit around on the couch and get fat? "I'll be a fitness junkie forever, not out of shape like some guys. But I'm not naming names...achoo-lemond!"
During that sneeze one side of your mouth mentioned Greg LeMond, your boyhood hero, who won three Tours but now rips you. He suspects you're a doper. What's your relationship with LeMond?"None. What he did in 1989 and 1990 was phenomenal. But Greg's not even worth talking about today. And I don't need to hear from him—he'd only shove his foot farther down his mouth".
Playboy June 2005.
26. "I want to be the guy when I'm done I don't want to have any bitterness toward the sport, I don't want to have any bitterness toward the new generation. ... I hope I have the class to do that."
Sports Illustrated August 2001.
25. "I'm disappointed and dismayed that for the past four years, Greg has continued to question my performances and my character."
Velonews July 2004.
24. "We are going to have an opportunity to tell the truth to the authorities, and I hope Greg LeMond will tell the truth about 1989. He's going to have to tell the truth. I have nothing to hide."
WSJ July 2010.
23. "You've done your job. We are here to talk about a couple of things, like the Global Clinton campaign and my comeback to cycling. It's time for us, everybody in this room, to move on. We are not going to go there, I appreciate you being here – next question."
LA's press conference on his testing. Sept 2008.
22."Just relax"
Twitter to Simone Lemond Oct 2010.
21.
Now, when you -- when you started going to see Doctor Ferrari in the mid '90s, what were the reasons why you wanted to use him? Well, other than he had a lot of experience, had been in cycling for a long time, or actually been in endurance work for a long time, had heard very positive things about him, and his knowledge of cycling, really, the numbers of cycling, other than that, that's about it.
SCA Testimony Nov. 2005.
20. Chris has grown to trust Michele's opinion regarding my testing and my form on the bike and lately, we have been specifically working on a run at the hour record. I do not know exactly when I will do that, only that I will in the near future.
Cyclingnews July 2001.
19. ""Unfortunately, the witch hunt continues and tomorrow's article is nothing short of tabloid journalism," Armstrong wrote on his Web site. "I will simply restate what I have said many times: I have never taken performance-enhancing drugs."
ESPN Aug. 2005.
18.
Okay. How much did you give? I think 25,000.
SCA Testimony Nov. 2005.
17.
You made a gift to the UCI back in the early 2000s to buy anti-doping equipment. How much was it? "Er…Well, I can get you an exact number. Around 25,000 dollars. This was a long time ago."
Cycling Weekly Dec. 2008.
16.
Okay. Like they didn't buy some specific equipment or something with it that you're aware of? It wasn't earmarked... "Which part of I don't know do you not understand?"
So you have no idea why you gave $25,000 to UCI at all. And you don't even know if you called anyone before-- "I don't know."
SCA Testimony Nov. 2005.
15.
Okay. Do you have any recollection while these individuals were there that a doctor or doctors came into the room and discussed with you your medical treatment or your condition? "Absolutely not."
Okay. "That didn't happen."
SCA Testimony Nov. 2005.
14. ''But we reached a point where we can't really tolerate it anymore, and we're sick and tired of the allegations. We'll do everything we can to fight them. They're untrue. Enough is enough. I'm personally very frustrated.''
NYT June 2004.
13.
So, why not, as Bob asked, why not sue them all? "You know, lawsuits are two things: They're very costly and they're very time-consuming. And fortunately, cycling has been great to me and I have the money and the resources to do something like that, but you know, I'm retired..."
On Larry King Aug. 2005.
12. "When I peed in that bottle, there wasn't EPO in it. No way."
On Larry King Aug. 2005.
11. "I was protecting the interests of the peloton, the story of Simeoni is not a fair story...there's a long history there. All (journalists) want to write about is parts of the story. It's a long history...a guy like (Simeoni), all he wants to do is to destroy cycling...and for me, that's not correct. And I when I went back to the group they said 'chapeau'...thank you very much. Because they understand that (cycling) is their job and that they absolutely love it and they're committed to it and don't want somebody within their sport destroying it. So...for me it's no problem to go on the wheel, to follow the wheel"
CyclingNews July 2004.
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