You can always add something to a bike, but you come to a point where you can’t take anything away and that's a fixed gear bike

My biggest fear isn't crashing this bike at 85mph and losing my skin - it's sitting in a chair at 90 and thinking 'I wish I'd done more'

Training is bad for you! Training followed by rest and proper nutrition is good for you and will make you better prepared for the event you are training for.

When you're depressed, everything becomes distorted.

I show my scars so that others know they can heal.

Revolt and revolution both wind up at the same crossroads: the police, or folly.

Everybody comes from somewhere.

Well this week's all about Seattle, so we've been doing our best to prepare for the Seahawks. I'm doing that, our team's doing that and we'll be ready to go Sunday. That's our focus.

Every day I try to do breathing exercises, meditation, and yoga. These things sound awfully cliche, but they help me slow down and try to point to a truth.

Talent is cheap, you have to be possessed or obsessed, rather. You really have to feel like you cannot not do art, and that is something you can't will.

People are tired of just yelling at the TV set. They actually are going to turn out and vote.

Let him make use of instinct who cannot make use of reason.

Our lips are full of praise, but our hearts are far removed from the prophets we all claim. That’s why the world is in the shape that it’s in.

Whether your sport of choice is running, cycling, kite surfing, etc. start moving and stay moving! It will give you energy and help you stay young.