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> [I discovered Boulder not through cycling but skiing. I was recruited by the university for the ski team, and in my opinion, it's the best place for skiing - you have this super-light, fluffy champagne snow.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tyler-hamilton/i-discovered-boulder-not-through-cycling-but-skiing-i-was-recruited/)

[Tyler Hamilton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tyler-hamilton/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ec3/tyler-hamilton-15370_best_i-discovered-boulder-not-through-cycling_724802.jpg)

> [Boulder was my U.S. base for the better part of 20 years, and it will always have a special place in my heart.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tyler-hamilton/boulder-was-my-u-s-base-for-the-better-part-of-20-years-and-it-will/)

[Tyler Hamilton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tyler-hamilton/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ee5/tyler-hamilton-15370_always_boulder-was-my-u-s-base-for-the-better-p_1058682.jpg)

## More by Tyler Hamilton

> [“Here’s what I was learning: secrets are poison. They suck the life out of you, they steal your ability to live in the present,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tyler-hamilton/here-s-what-i-was-learning-secrets-are-poison-they-suck-the-life-out/)

[Tyler Hamilton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tyler-hamilton/)

> [“a faster cadence put less stress on the muscles, transferring the load from the physical (the muscle fibers) to a better place: the cardiovascular…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tyler-hamilton/a-faster-cadence-put-less-stress-on-the-muscles-transferring-the-load/)

[Tyler Hamilton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tyler-hamilton/)

> [“Slowly, inch by inch, I felt myself recovering. After a few weeks, the darkness began to recede; my appetite for life returned. Haven was…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tyler-hamilton/slowly-inch-by-inch-i-felt-myself-recovering-after-a-few-weeks-the/)

[Tyler Hamilton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tyler-hamilton/)

> [“You can tell a rider's fitness by the shape of his ass and the veins in his legs.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tyler-hamilton/you-can-tell-a-rider-s-fitness-by-the-shape-of-his-ass-and-the-veins/)

[Tyler Hamilton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tyler-hamilton/)

> [“One day I'm a normal person with a normal life,” he said. “The next I'm standing on a street corner in Madrid with a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tyler-hamilton/one-day-i-m-a-normal-person-with-a-normal-life-he-said-the-next-i-m/)

[Tyler Hamilton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tyler-hamilton/)

> [“losing weight was the hardest but most efficient way to increase the crucial watts per kilogram number,”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tyler-hamilton/losing-weight-was-the-hardest-but-most-efficient-way-to-increase-the/)

[Tyler Hamilton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tyler-hamilton/)

> [Lies suck; they tear you apart from the inside out.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tyler-hamilton/lies-suck-they-tear-you-apart-from-the-inside-out/)

[Tyler Hamilton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tyler-hamilton/)

> [“truth is a living thing. It has a force inside it, an inner springiness. The truth can’t be denied or locked away, because when…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tyler-hamilton/truth-is-a-living-thing-it-has-a-force-inside-it-an-inner-springiness/)

[Tyler Hamilton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tyler-hamilton/)

> [Once in a while, when I was younger, I'd lie, then tell the truth, and I'd feel better.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tyler-hamilton/once-in-a-while-when-i-was-younger-i-d-lie-then-tell-the-truth-and-i/)

[Tyler Hamilton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tyler-hamilton/)

> [I discovered Boulder not through cycling but skiing. I was recruited by the university for the ski team, and in my opinion, it's the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tyler-hamilton/i-discovered-boulder-not-through-cycling-but-skiing-i-was-recruited/)

[Tyler Hamilton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tyler-hamilton/)

> [I'd never really experienced the West before moving to Colorado. The East Coast, where I grew up, has a lot of big cities, like…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tyler-hamilton/i-d-never-really-experienced-the-west-before-moving-to-colorado-the/)

[Tyler Hamilton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tyler-hamilton/)

> [“What people don't understand about depression is how much it hurts. It's like your brain is convinced that it's dying and produces an acid…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tyler-hamilton/what-people-don-t-understand-about-depression-is-how-much-it-hurts-it/)

[Tyler Hamilton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tyler-hamilton/)

> [They've pushed me down a big ravine, but I'll get back up to the top.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tyler-hamilton/they-ve-pushed-me-down-a-big-ravine-but-i-ll-get-back-up-to-the-top/)

[Tyler Hamilton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tyler-hamilton/)

> [Boulder was my U.S. base for the better part of 20 years, and it will always have a special place in my heart.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tyler-hamilton/boulder-was-my-u-s-base-for-the-better-part-of-20-years-and-it-will/)

[Tyler Hamilton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tyler-hamilton/)

> [“Then there’s the superstition about spilling salt. One night midway through the Tour of Italy, my CSC teammate Michael Sandstød decided to risk breaking…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tyler-hamilton/then-there-s-the-superstition-about-spilling-salt-one-night-midway/)

[Tyler Hamilton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tyler-hamilton/)

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