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34 Inspirational Lance Armstrong Quotes (LIFE)

Top 10 Most Famous Lance Armstrong Quotes (BEST)

“Pain is temporary. It may last a minute, or an hour, or a day, or a year, but eventually it will subside and something else will take its place. If I quit, however, it lasts forever. That surrender, even the smallest act of giving up, stays with me. So when I feel like quitting, I ask myself, which would I rather live with?”

Lance Armstrong
Pain is temporary. Quitting lasts forever.Pin
Pain is temporary. Quitting lasts forever.
Knowledge is power, community is strength and positive attitude is everything.Pin
Knowledge is power, community is strength and positive attitude is everything.
A boo is a lot louder than a cheer.Pin
A boo is a lot louder than a cheer.
There comes a point in every man's life when he has to say: 'Enough is enough.'Pin
There comes a point in every man’s life when he has to say: ‘Enough is enough.’
Anyone who imagines they can work alone winds up surrounded by nothing but rivals, without companions. The fact is, no one ascends alone.Pin
Anyone who imagines they can work alone winds up surrounded by nothing but rivals, without companions. The fact is, no one ascends alone.
I believe that the mind powers the body, and once the mind says we want to do it, then the body will follow.Pin
I believe that the mind powers the body, and once the mind says we want to do it, then the body will follow.
If you ever get a second chance in life for something, you’ve got to go all the way.Pin
If you ever get a second chance in life for something, you’ve got to go all the way.
Winning is about heart, not just legs. It’s got to be in the right place.Pin
Winning is about heart, not just legs. It’s got to be in the right place.
What ever your 100% looks like, give it.Pin
What ever your 100% looks like, give it.

10 InspirationalLance Armstrong Quotes About Life

Two things scare me. The first is getting hurt. But that's not nearly as scary as the second, which is losing.Pin
Two things scare me. The first is getting hurt. But that’s not nearly as scary as the second, which is losing.
Nobody needs to cry for me. I'm going to be great.Pin
Nobody needs to cry for me. I’m going to be great.
Make an obstacle an opportunity, make a negative a positive.Pin
Make an obstacle an opportunity, make a negative a positive.
If we don't somehow stem the tide of childhood obesity, we're going to have a huge problem.Pin
If we don’t somehow stem the tide of childhood obesity, we’re going to have a huge problem.
Motivation can't take you very far if you don't have the legs.Pin
Motivation can’t take you very far if you don’t have the legs.
I exercise everyday. I swim, I bike, I run and I go to the gym.Pin
I exercise everyday. I swim, I bike, I run and I go to the gym.
I got the three things I wanted. I did my job, I worked hard in the process, and I cherish the memories, and they’re mine.Pin
I got the three things I wanted. I did my job, I worked hard in the process, and I cherish the memories, and they’re mine.
We have two options, medically and emotionally: give up or fight like hell.Pin
We have two options, medically and emotionally: give up or fight like hell.
Giving up was never an option.Pin
Giving up was never an option.
At this point of my life, I’m not out to protect anybody. I’m out to protect seven people, and they all have the last name Armstrong.Pin
At this point of my life, I’m not out to protect anybody. I’m out to protect seven people, and they all have the last name Armstrong.

7 Lance Armstrong Quotes on Cycling

Cycling is so hard, the suffering is so intense, that it’s absolutely cleansing. The pain is so deep and strong that a curtain descends over your brain….Once; someone asked me what pleasure I took in riding for so long. ‘PLEASURE???? I said.’ ‘I don’t understand the question.’ I didn’t do it for the pleasure; I did it for the pain.”

Lance Armstrong
If you worried about falling off the bike, you'd never get on.Pin
If you worried about falling off the bike, you’d never get on.
I figure the faster I pedal, the faster I can retire.Pin
I figure the faster I pedal, the faster I can retire.
There's no rule, no law, no regulation that says you can't come back. So I have every right to come back.Pin
There’s no rule, no law, no regulation that says you can’t come back. So I have every right to come back.

“I raced because I was paid to do a job and I felt like I had to do the job. Number two: I raced because I loved the process, I loved training, getting ready for the race, I loved all of that. And number three I raced for my memories. Regardless of what somebody wants to give or take away, you can’t take my memories.”

Lance Armstrong
Portland, Oregon won't build a mile of road without a mile of bike path. You can commute there, even with that weather, all the time.Pin
Portland, Oregon won’t build a mile of road without a mile of bike path. You can commute there, even with that weather, all the time.
Cycling is a sport of the open road and spectators are lining that road.Pin
Cycling is a sport of the open road and spectators are lining that road.

7 Lance Armstrong Quotes that Will Make You Think

“I wanted to live, but whether I would or not was mystery, and in the midst of confronting that fact, even at that moment, I was beginning to sense that to stare into the heart of such a fearful mystery wasn’t a bad thing. To be afraid is a priceless education.”

Lance Armstrong
The riskiest thing you can do is get greedy.Pin
The riskiest thing you can do is get greedy.
Extraordinary allegations require extraordinary evidence.Pin
Extraordinary allegations require extraordinary evidence.
If I can't face my accusers, that's a joke. We did that in medieval times.Pin
If I can’t face my accusers, that’s a joke. We did that in medieval times.
What is stronger, fear or hope?Pin
What is stronger, fear or hope?
Hope that is the only antidote to fear.Pin
Hope that is the only antidote to fear.
I become a happier man each time I suffer.Pin
I become a happier man each time I suffer.
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