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Favourite cycling quotes

100Suns · 2010-09-03 21:45:49

This has probably been done before, but here goes anyway. Two recent qoutes from Jens make me chuckle. When asked how he deals with the pain in his legs: 'I say "Shut up, legs! Do what I tell you to do"'. Another of his was when he was asked about the frequency and intensity of his attacks: 'when you attack you will most…

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This has probably been done before, but here goes anyway.

Two recent qoutes from Jens make me chuckle. When asked how he deals with the pain in his legs: 'I say "Shut up, legs! Do what I tell you to do"'.

Another of his was when he was asked about the frequency and intensity of his attacks: 'when you attack you will most likely lose. If you don't attack you will definitely lose'.

I'm not sure to whom this one is attributed but it's a good one: 'training is like wrestling a gorilla. You don't stop when you get tired. You stop when the gorilla gets tired.'. Probably Jens.

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#2 03-09-2010 10:28pm

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"I thought of that while riding my bike."

-Albert Einstein, on the Theory of Relativity.

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#3 03-09-2010 11:53pm

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The Bicycle is a curious vehicle, its passanger is its engine. -John Howard

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#4 04-09-2010 6:12am

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I like Greg Lemonds one "It (cycling) never gets easier, you just get faster"

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#5 04-09-2010 7:21am

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Not an LA fan myself, but he does make for some good quotes:

"Pain is temporary, Failure lasts for ever."

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#6 04-09-2010 7:39am

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“To all the cynics, I'm sorry for you, ... I'm sorry you can't believe in miracles. This is a great sporting event and hard work wins it.”

Lance Armstrong

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#7 04-09-2010 9:06am

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"Its a bad when you dont learn something "

jw shooter .

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#8 04-09-2010 9:37am

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As before.

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#9 04-09-2010 10:04am

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H.G. Wells
When I see an adult on a bicycle, I do not despair for the future of the human race.

Albert Einstein
Life is like riding a bicycle - in order to keep your balance, you must keep moving.

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