Cycling Quotes · Page 4

The world depends on fungi, because they are major players in the cycling of materials and energy around the world.

— E. O. Wilson

There are so many people who have died of cycling, and that didn't happen when I was racing.

— Greg LeMond

If people really want to clean the sport of cycling up, all you have to do is put your money where your…

— Greg LeMond

Why should anyone steal a watch when he could steal a bicycle?

— Flann O'Brien

one of the advantages of cycling is that it automatically prevents a journey from becoming an Expedition.

— Dervla Murphy

Ever bike? Now that's something that makes life worth living!

— Jack London

One of the most important days of my life was when I learned to ride a bicycle.

— Michael Palin

Hills. We love them. We hate them. They make us strong. They make us weak. Today I chose to embrace hills.

— Hal Higdon

I like cycling and swimming and walking everywhere. I'm not going to the gym. I like being outside rather than inside a…

— Anna Ewers

Cycling is low-impact, which is why people cycle into their 70s or 80s, but track cycling means hard gym work and crashes.

— Chris Hoy

Cycling keeps me lean and I need to stay in shape, especially as I still like eating chocolate and ice-cream! I like…

— Mark Webber

You always know when you're going to arrive. If you go by car, you don't. Apart from anything else, I prefer cycling.…

— Alan Bennett

I work out four days a week in the off-season, and in the warm, running weather months, I do five days. A…

— Anonymous

My whole day is built around meetings that can be achieved around bike rides. My contract actually offers me a free car…

— Jon Snow

I think that with some education there are real possibilities at the high school and college level, but more so at the…

— Kristin Armstrong

I used to walk down a street and nobody would notice me. Now, I get stopped all the time; people saying, 'well…

— Mark Cavendish

I've had so many experiences in cycling, but in some ways I have nothing left to prove. I have achieved more than…

— Clara Hughes

There can be crowd issues everywhere in cycling. But it's a good thing for cycling that it's so accessible for spectators. That's…

— Marianne Vos

The bicycle... has been responsible for more movement in manners and morals than anything since Charles the Second. Under its influence, wholly…

— John Galsworthy

[Commuting by bicycle is] an absolutely essential part of my day. It's mind-clearing, invigorating. I get to go out and pedal through…

— James L. Jones

The bicycle had, and still has, a humane, almost classical moderation in the kind of pleasure it offers. It is the kind…

— J. B. Jackson

“Really, in a lot of ways being a cyclist is like being a vampire. First of all, both cyclists and vampires are…

— BikeSnobNYC

Cycling is an activity which more and more young people are getting involved with, whether they are using their bikes to get…

— Adrian Bell

Cycling is so hard, the suffering is so intense, that it’s absolutely cleansing. The pain is so deep and strong that a…

— Lance Armstrong

I'm not getting bored with cycling or winning - I love it. But I need to give myself new targets all the…

— Mark Cavendish

My time is focused on family and work. I need to find a way to spend more time with my friends -…

— Daniel L. Doctoroff

The main thing is to not cut yourself and bleed to death in the tub.

— Frankie Andreu

To prepare for a race there is nothing better than a good pheasant, some champagne and a woman.

— Jacques Anquetil

Suffering for eight hours...the most unpleasant experience I've ever had.

— Chris Boardman

I've just been reading about cycling. Yeah, I'm not that great at it but I like the challenge of it.

— Joey Santiago

“Rule #12: The correct number of bikes to own is N+1, where N is the number of bikes currently owned.”

— The Velominati

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

— Bernard Hinault

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

— Chris Hoy

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

— Richard Virenque

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

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

— Jens Voigt

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