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title: "2 Biking Quotes By Eddy Merckx"
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> [Ride as much or as little, or as long or as short as you feel. But ride.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eddy-merckx/ride-as-much-or-as-little-or-as-long-or-as-short-as-you-feel-but-ride/)

[Eddy Merckx](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eddy-merckx/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f87/eddy-merckx-7014_biking_ride-as-much-or-as-little-or-as-long-or_1058214.jpg)

> [Don't buy upgrades, ride up grades.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eddy-merckx/don-t-buy-upgrades-ride-up-grades/)

[Eddy Merckx](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eddy-merckx/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/49e/eddy-merckx-7014_bicycle_don-t-buy-upgrades-ride-up-grades-223128_2231284.jpg)

## More by Eddy Merckx

> [You need talent as a rider and I think I had that in my genes. But I think I also had a talent for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eddy-merckx/you-need-talent-as-a-rider-and-i-think-i-had-that-in-my-genes-but-i/)

[Eddy Merckx](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eddy-merckx/)

> [Absolutely, in stage races, Froome is better than Eddy Merckx. Maybe he can win five, six Tours de France, but my focus wasn't only…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eddy-merckx/absolutely-in-stage-races-froome-is-better-than-eddy-merckx-maybe-he/)

[Eddy Merckx](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eddy-merckx/)

> [I didn't win any bunch sprints. But I won in solo breakaways, I won time-trials, I won in the mountains.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eddy-merckx/i-didn-t-win-any-bunch-sprints-but-i-won-in-solo-breakaways-i-won/)

[Eddy Merckx](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eddy-merckx/)

> [I always had and I still have that special desire in me to be the best.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eddy-merckx/i-always-had-and-i-still-have-that-special-desire-in-me-to-be-the-best/)

[Eddy Merckx](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eddy-merckx/)

> [I'm not saying that every time I race I go to the very limit of my strength. But when the opportunity appears I consider…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eddy-merckx/i-m-not-saying-that-every-time-i-race-i-go-to-the-very-limit-of-my/)

[Eddy Merckx](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eddy-merckx/)

> [I can tell you I preferred my era. Yes, they make much more money now but I preferred my cycling. The passion for racing.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eddy-merckx/i-can-tell-you-i-preferred-my-era-yes-they-make-much-more-money-now/)

[Eddy Merckx](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eddy-merckx/)

> [I sleep very well, thank you.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eddy-merckx/i-sleep-very-well-thank-you/)

[Eddy Merckx](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eddy-merckx/)

> [Doping has to be fought, cheats must be unmasked, abuse should be punished but all this should remain human.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eddy-merckx/doping-has-to-be-fought-cheats-must-be-unmasked-abuse-should-be/)

[Eddy Merckx](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eddy-merckx/)

> [It's difficult for him, carrying the name. But Axel is doing what he likes to do, and for me, if Axel's happy, I'm also…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eddy-merckx/it-s-difficult-for-him-carrying-the-name-but-axel-is-doing-what-he/)

[Eddy Merckx](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eddy-merckx/)

> [Cycling is a good school for life. It makes you hard and gives you ambition, but you can never say you've arrived.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eddy-merckx/cycling-is-a-good-school-for-life-it-makes-you-hard-and-gives-you/)

[Eddy Merckx](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eddy-merckx/)

> [The most important thing is that you're the best of your generation and I can say that I was.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eddy-merckx/the-most-important-thing-is-that-you-re-the-best-of-your-generation/)

[Eddy Merckx](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eddy-merckx/)

> [Sometimes it's strange being me. I travel the world meeting people, I'm surrounded with friends and my life is full, but all the time…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eddy-merckx/sometimes-it-s-strange-being-me-i-travel-the-world-meeting-people-i-m/)

[Eddy Merckx](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eddy-merckx/)

> [I think I was three or four when I first rode and four when I first crashed.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eddy-merckx/i-think-i-was-three-or-four-when-i-first-rode-and-four-when-i-first/)

[Eddy Merckx](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eddy-merckx/)

> [No sport is 100 per cent clean - I think 95 per cent of the cyclists are clean. In the normal world, not everybody is clean.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eddy-merckx/no-sport-is-100-per-cent-clean-i-think-95-per-cent-of-the-cyclists/)

[Eddy Merckx](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eddy-merckx/)

> [Miracles can sometimes happen in cycling.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eddy-merckx/miracles-can-sometimes-happen-in-cycling/)

[Eddy Merckx](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eddy-merckx/)

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