Cycling Quotes · Page 5

Thanks to the Tour de France, riding the Champs-Elysees has a great cycling history.

— Marianne Vos

I love indoor cycling - it has made a really big difference. I feel a lot skinnier. It's kind of the ultimate…

— Kate Bosworth

Cycling is a sport of the people. How many people in the world have never been on a bike? Not many.

— Eddy Merckx

I am sure in the long run cycling will continue to grow and flourish - not just in the U.K. but all…

— Chris Hoy

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

— Bradley Wiggins

I live on a bicycle...I live in central London, probably 90 percent of my travel is done on a bicycle. I love…

— Guy Ritchie

When you have such a good workout, it clears everything up mentally, physically, and you just have a better day.

— Minka Kelly

Cycling is a sport of the open road and spectators are lining that road.

— Lance Armstrong

Downhill's the future of the sport. Cross-country's not geared for TV. Some fat guy watching it with a beer in one hand…

— Missy Giove

You can't reduce lactic acid, but you can increase your tolerance to it. I do this through running or cycling, but it's…

— Deborah Bull

I have always struggled to achieve excellence. One thing that cycling has taught me is that if you can achieve something without…

— Greg LeMond

Handing over a bank note is enough to make a bicycle belong to me, but my entire life is needed to realize…

— Jean-Paul Sartre

Bike riding requires permanent sacrifice. It means training 11 months out of 12 and 110 days of racing, whatever the weather conditions.…

— Richard Virenque

I am a rapid-cycling manic-depressive, bi-polar one disorder, which means I can have thirty or forty episodes a year, and I used…

— Andy Behrman

The uptake of people getting involved in cycling is partly down to the big success the team has had in the Tour…

— Chris Hoy

I could kill Vino for all this doping crap. Strangle him slowly with piano wire just like they do in the Italian…

— Vincenzo Nibali

On bikeback, there is a delightful sense of self-direction and autonomy. Lately, I have taken to cycling slowly, more fun than the…

— Tom Hodgkinson

There's a certain amount of freedom involved in cycling: you're self-propelled and decide exactly where to go. If you see something that…

— David Byrne

Consider a man riding a bicycle. Whoever he is, we can say three things about him. We know he got on the…

— William Golding

[Cycling] is easily the quickest way around central London, faster than bus, Tube or taxi. You can predict precisely how long every…

— Jeremy Paxman

“Off the bike she was like a smoker without cigarettes, never sure what to do with her hands. As soon as she…

— Chris Cleave

It's possible that the name Bettini came up at some point during a conversation with the German Cycling Federation's anti-doping commission, but…

— Patrik Sinkewitz

“there’s never been a safer time to go for a ride. Sadly, though, there’s a problem. You see, cycling is seen now…

— Jeremy Clarkson

“To address this, we must wage a war on the militants. First, we must make it an offence, punishable by many years…

— Jeremy Clarkson

Give me good books, good conversations, and my Trek Y-Foil, and I shall want for nothing else.

— George Plimpton

I'm more optimistic about cycling right now than I've ever been.

— Greg LeMond

Isn't it better to triumph by the strength of your muscles than by the artifice of a derailleur?

— Henri Desgrange

I've never been that bothered by numbers; the history of cycling evolves and follows its own course.

— Eddy Merckx

Cycling is a joy and faster than many other modes of transport, depending on the time of day. It clears the head.

— David Byrne

When my legs hurt, I say: “Shut up legs! Do what I tell you to do!

— Jens Voigt

I love cycling. I am going to keep racing as hard as I can until this body doesn't allow me to any…

— Chris Froome

I have contacts with the Tour de France which keep me close to cycling.

— Bernard Hinault

There is no way American sports are any cleaner than cycling.

— Jemele Hill

I used to spend all my school holidays cycling around, so all this training has made me feel like a kid again.

— Denise Van Outen

I was a hero, and a second afterwards it was all over. Casartelli was dead so what I had achieved was worth…

— Richard Virenque

I just hope I can inspire young people and get more people into cycling.

— Chris Hoy

My buddy lost about 100 pounds cycling. He took me on a 31-mile loop. I was hooked.

— Erika Christensen

Great Britain have won 40% of their medals in cycling. If only there was snooker, darts and a dog show.

— Jim Lampley

Cyling has done more to emancipate women than anything else in the world

— Susan B. Anthony

I have the impression that cycling is no longer a game but rather an employment... a job.

— Bernard Hinault