I wanted to give an honest insight into a consuming Tour. It's turned out pretty interesting because there aren't many books out there documenting someone's failure.

It is nice to be recognised for actually achieving something in life as opposed to spending seven weeks in a house on TV with a load of other muppets.

Cycling has given me everything.

If you're into the brand and the heritage of the brand, you can always remember where you got your first Fred Perry Shirt, and for me I was nine years old

To win more medals at Beijing is just fantastic, and British cycling has come a huge way in the last few years.

London has what it takes to host the greatest sporting show on earth [on the 2012 Olympic bid

My attitude is that, if you have nothing to hide, why not show it?

I've always shied away from computers, the Internet and all that. I'm a bit more traditional, really - pick up a newspaper, pick up a phone.

Everything I achieve affects my family as well, and suddenly, my kids' dad became the most famous man in the country for a couple of weeks.

When you're in the heat of the moment, you need guys you can trust and who have been there for you.

When you get into the final week of the Tour de France, it becomes a different kind of race. As the distance and the fatigue really tell, that is when it becomes a proper test of everyone's fitness.

I'd like to help you, but you don't drink.

A soul-based workplace asks things of me that I didn't even know I had. It's constantly telling me that I belong to something large in the world.

The swallow is come! The swallow is come! O, fair are the seasons, and light Are the days that she brings, With her dusky wings, And her bosom snowy white!

Our Bollywood stars who talk of being part of 100 crore films, I think I belong to the 1,000 crore club.

[Phil Wood] knew about wine. He knew about food. He knew about art. He knew about classical music. He was interested in things.

I said you LOOKED like an egg, Sir. And some eggs are very pretty, you know.

After you're dead [...] it's not gonna matter if you have a few scars. It will matter if you didn't live.

You woke up on the wrong side of the oak tree, didn’t you? (Acheron)

That is how it feels. Like everything between us is twisted together, friendship and love and family, so I cant tell the difference between any of them.

You know, most boys would enjoy being trapped in close quarters with a girl." I roll my eyes. "Not claustrophobic people, Tris.