Cycling Quote by Eddy Merckx Download Open image “Cyclists live with pain. If you can't handle it you will win nothing” — Eddy Merckx ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.2 out of 5 (5 ratings) Copy quoteShare Cycling Cyclists Handle Pain Suffering Winning
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It is cycling as a professional sport that represents the problem. It can transform someone into a liar. — Greg LeMond Copy Share Image
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Cycling is so hard, the suffering is so intense, that it’s absolutely cleansing. The pain is so deep and strong that a curtain descends… — Lance Armstrong Copy Share Image
There are so many people who have died of cycling, and that didn't happen when I was racing. — Greg LeMond Copy Share Image
Pain? Yes, of course. Racing without pain is not racing. But the pleasure of being ahead outweighed the pain a million times over. To… — Brad Alan Lewis Copy Share Image
You need talent as a rider and I think I had that in my genes. But I think I also had a talent for… — Eddy Merckx Copy Share Image
Absolutely, in stage races, Froome is better than Eddy Merckx. Maybe he can win five, six Tours de France, but my focus wasn't only… — Eddy Merckx Copy Share Image
I didn't win any bunch sprints. But I won in solo breakaways, I won time-trials, I won in the mountains. — Eddy Merckx Copy Share Image
I always had and I still have that special desire in me to be the best. — Eddy Merckx Copy Share Image
I'm not saying that every time I race I go to the very limit of my strength. But when the opportunity appears I consider… — Eddy Merckx Copy Share Image
I can tell you I preferred my era. Yes, they make much more money now but I preferred my cycling. The passion for racing.… — Eddy Merckx Copy Share Image
Doping has to be fought, cheats must be unmasked, abuse should be punished but all this should remain human. — Eddy Merckx Copy Share Image
It's difficult for him, carrying the name. But Axel is doing what he likes to do, and for me, if Axel's happy, I'm also… — Eddy Merckx Copy Share Image
Cycling is a good school for life. It makes you hard and gives you ambition, but you can never say you've arrived. — Eddy Merckx Copy Share Image
The most important thing is that you're the best of your generation and I can say that I was. — Eddy Merckx Copy Share Image
Sometimes it's strange being me. I travel the world meeting people, I'm surrounded with friends and my life is full, but all the time… — Eddy Merckx Copy Share Image
I like to sit down, relax, have a cup of coffee on the terrace and read a book. I like to travel the world… — Marianne Vos Copy Share Image
I stand and rejoice every time I see a woman ride by on a wheel...the picture of free, untrammeled womanhood. — Susan B. Anthony Copy Share Image
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Road cycling, especially up mountains. It's the heady mixture of endorphins and aesthetics that I love. My wife does it too, and being with… — Gary Kemp Copy Share Image
Ive had so many experiences in cycling, but in some ways I have nothing left to prove. I have achieved more than I could… — Clara Hughes Copy Share Image
If you knew the pain I had in my legs...what suffering! I couldn't wait to get to the hotel. — Thomas Voeckler Copy Share Image
With cycling, I can still be active and compete, and ultimately, that's what I love to do, to be competitive. — Oksana Masters Copy Share Image
