“If you shut up the truth and bury it under the ground, it will but grow and gather to itself such explosive power that the day it bursts through it will blow up everything in its way. —Émile Zola” — Tyler Hamilton Copy Share Image
“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,… — Tyler Hamilton Copy Share Image
“a faster cadence put less stress on the muscles, transferring the load from the physical (the muscle fibers) to a better place: the cardiovascular… — Tyler Hamilton Copy Share Image
“Slowly, inch by inch, I felt myself recovering. After a few weeks, the darkness began to recede; my appetite for life returned. Haven was… — Tyler Hamilton Copy Share Image
“You can tell a rider's fitness by the shape of his ass and the veins in his legs.” — Tyler Hamilton Copy Share Image
“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… — Tyler Hamilton Copy Share Image
“losing weight was the hardest but most efficient way to increase the crucial watts per kilogram number,” — Tyler Hamilton Copy Share Image
“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… — Tyler Hamilton Copy Share Image
Once in a while, when I was younger, I'd lie, then tell the truth, and I'd feel better. — Tyler Hamilton Copy Share Image
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… — Tyler Hamilton Copy Share Image
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… — Tyler Hamilton Copy Share Image
“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… — Tyler Hamilton Copy Share Image
They've pushed me down a big ravine, but I'll get back up to the top. — Tyler Hamilton Copy Share Image
Boulder was my U.S. base for the better part of 20 years, and it will always have a special place in my heart. — Tyler Hamilton Copy Share Image
“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… — Tyler Hamilton Copy Share Image
