Лэнс Армстронг цитаты страница 2

„Боль — штука временная. Она может длиться минуту, час, день или год, но, в конечном счёте, пройдёт, и что-то другое займёт её место. Но, если я сдамся, она будет длиться вечно.“

„Близость смерти дает цель.“

„Крики неодобрения всегда громче оваций. Если десять людей будут аплодировать, а один будет освистывать, то все, что ты будешь слышать, — это свист.“

„По-настоящему я захочу отправиться на тот свет лишь тогда, когда, оставаясь живым, перестану жить. Когда я не смогу ходить, когда я не смогу есть, когда я не смогу видеть, когда стану разозленным на весь мир старым капризным бздуном, ссущимся в простыни, — вот тогда я и буду ждать смерти.“

„Боль — явление временное. Она может длиться минуту, час, день или год, но в конце концов она утихнет и уступит место чему-нибудь другому.“

„Моя работа - страдать. Я усугубляю страдания в тренировках, чтобы расы не были полны страданий.“

“One of the redeeming things about being an athlete is redefining what is humanly possible.”

Лэнс Армстронг: Цитаты на английском языке

“Life, to me, is a series of false limits and my challenge as an athlete is to explore those limits on a bike.”

As quoted in "What's Possible" in Fast Company (19 December 2007) http://www.fastcompany.com/articles/2001/04/al0401.html <br class="br">Unsourced variant: Being a champion is redefining what's humanly possible.

“I'm a flawed character… I viewed this situation as one big lie that I repeated a lot of times.”

Lance Armstrong книга Every Second Counts

Источник: Every Second Counts (2003), p. 21

“All their players tested positive… for being assholes.”

Lance Armstrong Admits to Doping, 'One Big Lie' http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887323468604578248582288523660.html, as reported in the Wall Street Journal, January 18, 2013.

“Jake, why are you sitting in the front? I thought you liked it in the rear.”

About the French 2006 FIFA World Cup team during his speech at the ESPY Awards, as quoted in "Armstrong accuses France World Cup team of being 'assholes'" in The Guardian (16 July 2006) http://observer.guardian.co.uk/sport/story/0,,1821547,00.html; he later commented on his use of profanity: "If they'd lived with me and heard me at home, they'd know it was a step down.."

“I don't have anything against organized religion per se. We all need something in our lives. I personally just have not accepted that belief. But I'm one of the few.”

On stage comment to Jake Gyllenhaal, who has been recently nominated for an Oscar for Brokeback Mountain, at the ESPY Awards (16 July 2006)

“I want all of you to know that I intend to beat this disease. And further, I intend to ride again as a professional cyclist.”

As quoted in response to the comment "For a miracle man, you're not very religious", in "10 questions for Lance Armstrong" by Bill Saporito in TIME magazine (28 September 2003)

“No gifts this year. I have given gifts on the Tour de France and very rarely has it ever come back to help me. This is the biggest bike race in the world and it means more than any bike race in the world. It means more to me than any bike race in the world. I want to win … no gifts.”

Announcing that he had been diagnosed with testicular cancer in a press conference (8 October 1996) http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/results/archives/oct96/lance.html

“Every year the media comes up with something to describe my race … The first year it was "the comeback." Then it was the "the confirmation." I don't know what it was last year. This year, for me, it's "the year of the team." I can't say how I compare to the rider I was in 1999 or 2000 or 2001, but this team is much stronger than it has ever been. It has made it easier for me.”

As quoted in "Score another for Armstrong" in VeloNews (22 July 2004)