“the Tour de France wasn’t decided by God or genes; it was decided by effort, by strategy. Whoever worked the hardest and the smartest was going to win.” — 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
