I symbolized doping... My phone rarely rings. I can count on the fingers of one hand the number of riders who call me.

You can say that climbers suffer the same as the other riders, but they suffer in a different way. You feel the pain, but you're glad to be there.

I was a hero, and a second afterwards it was all over. Casartelli was dead so what I had achieved was worth nothing.

Believe in yourself and have faith in GOD"!

Treat people like people. Beware of pity and patronization because in them, you can't see when you're unashamedly looking down on someone.

To keep from going stale you must forget your professional outlook and rediscover the virginal eye of the amateur.

Any defeat, however trivial, may be fatal to a savior of the plain people. They never admire a messiah with a bloody nose.

Oh gosh, I noticed dramatic changes in my body after I started doing yoga, but I also think you have to shake things up.

Augustine, Anne Sexton and Sylvia Plath are confessional writers and all three make me sick. I have nothing in common with them.

There is a big difference between being good and being great.

You will find the poet who wrings the heart of the world, or the foremost captain of his time, driving a bargain or paring a potato, just as you would do.

If you were a customer, would you come back to buy your products or services?

I have drive, for sure. You have to. It's a tough business; there are a lot of actresses and not a lot of great roles. I don't want to complain because I'm so grateful.