Big Quote by Eddy Merckx Download Open image “Winning big Tours and stage races is often about pain management.” — Eddy Merckx ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.7 out of 5 (9 ratings) Copy quoteShare Big Management Pain Stage Winning
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 may think pain is a barricade to success, but it's usually a bridge. — Randy Gage Copy Share Image
Marathoning is like cutting yourself unexpectedly. You dip into the pain so gradually that the damage is done before you are aware of it.… — John Farrington Copy Share Image
Discomfort of any kind becomes the basis for practice. We breathe in knowing our pain is shared. — Pema Chodron Copy Share Image
“Of course it was painful, and there were times when, emotionally, I just wanted to chuck it all. But pain seems to be a… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
Being on tour really takes a toll, so you have to find ways to stay healthy. — Lykke Li Copy Share Image
Pain is part of the game. It's as much a part of the game as the crowds or the Miller Lite commercials or the… — Jerome Bettis 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 I am confronted by a young man I have nothing in common with. He is me, but he is not me now. In fact I have been me now for longer than I was him, but… — Eddy Merckx Copy Share
Many early-stage entrepreneurs make one simple mistake: Describing this 'big picture' in vague concepts and words. — Sunil Nagaraj Copy Share Image
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My mom had very low expectations for me, and she really had a point. I was a big problem at seventeen. If I had… — Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu Copy Share Image
I have always been a big meta guy because I think the way journalism is practiced in Washington, and the way everyone sort of… — Mark Leibovich Copy Share Image
It's going to be used in the last days to get people to come against Christ, and that's the issue: they come against the… — Tim LaHaye Copy Share Image
My parents are divorced, and seeing that was really painful for me. Really painful for me. But that's also a big part of why… — Banks Copy Share Image
I turn a lot of stuff down - big, big movies, the kind I wouldn't want to go to the cinema to see. — Matthew Fox Copy Share Image
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I think a big part of success in football is mental, not physical. How you are inside your head matters more. — Iker Casillas Copy Share Image
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