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David Millar

(1977) Sport Cyclist

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David Millar is a sport cyclist, best known for Racer.

Quick Facts About David Millar

Born: January 4, 1977
Profession: Sport Cyclist
Notable works: Racer

About David Millar

David Millar is a Scottish retired professional road racing cyclist. He rode for Cofidis from 1997 to 2004 and Garmin–Sharp from 2008 to 2014. He has won four stages of the Tour de France, five of the Vuelta a España and one stage of the Giro d'Italia. He was the British national road champion and the national time trial champion, both in 2007.

Biography source: Wikipedia

Quotes by David Millar

I think if I get the training spot on, the equipment perfect and I'm in the right state of mind, I can…

Action

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I sat there with everything - and I had nothing.

Everything

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I was awarded 'Most Aggressive Rider of the Day', generally given to the most spectacular loser of the day.

Aggressive

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There will always be cheaters. It is human nature. It will never be 100 percent clean, in any sport.

Clean

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“I was not a doper, I told myself - I just injected myself to recover and needed pills to sleep.”

Doping

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The first time I rode a bike I was four or five. I crashed into the back of a car.

Bike

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I'll go [racing] until my body won't let me any more. Someone said to me: "The day you stop, you won't be…

Able

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I've been proud to be national champion.

Champion

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Often the best guys are just those that can suffer longer, who don't give up. And it's so easy to give up,…

Don-t-give-up

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“Preparation was a term I was to hear more and more. It had another more sinister meaning. If you were prepared, it…

Doping

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My epiphany came in that police cell: I realized I was about to lose everything and it didn't bother me, not in…

Bother

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Everything that's going on within the peloton - there's about ten different races going on. There is also a survival element to…

About

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“If the riders, governing bodies, teams, race organisers and media weren't doing anything about it, then what the hell could I, a…

Doping

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Survival is the main objective. There are going to be some awful days, I know that from my background in the sport.

Awful

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I shave my legs twice a week. It's hard the first time you do it. But I'm very lazy. For a team…

December

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“It was ridiculous really. I had just won a major race despite not being in top form, yet I was going to…

Drugs

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The sky was falling down on me and I spent most of the time drunk. It was the only way I could…

Drunk

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The manner in which one loses the battle can sometimes outshine the victory.

Battle

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To be brutally honest, it's simple economics. If they want to come into cycling, sponsors need to know the team they are…

Brutally honest

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“The smallest issues can become the most important things in life and reality slips away.”

Destiny

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“What an idiot I'd been. What a spoilt brat. What a bloody fool.”

Doubt

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Cycling is such a stupid sport. Next time you are in a car travelling at 40mph think about jumping out - naked.…

Car

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Now there are two or three teams who are very ethical in their outlook who have opened up the economic benefits and…

Benefits

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“It was very quiet at the hotel, as if there had been a death in the family. When you have quit the…

Achievements

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“This place has been my home. They liked me here. Not any more. Now they will look the other way. Now I…

Home

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