Culture Quote by Lance Armstrong

The sad thing about doping is how much it obscures our appreciation of greatness.

— Malcolm Gladwell

Please, compete in the spirit of fair play, mutual understanding and respect. And above all, please compete cleanly by refusing doping.

— Jacques Rogge

Doping has to be fought, cheats must be unmasked, abuse should be punished but all this should remain human.

— Eddy Merckx

I don't want to be an exception, because I was very outspoken about Performance Enhancing Drugs. It would be bad for my reputation if…

— Georges St-Pierre

When you commit a serious doping offence you are not eligible for lottery funding.

— John Scott

Something is swelling up among our athletes. Many of them are frustrated, everywhere in the world, and they are looking for a way out.…

— Travis Tygart

Performance-enhancing drugs are an illusion. I wish I had never gotten involved with steroids. It was wrong. It was stupid.

— Mark McGwire

“People think doping is for lazy people who want to avoid hard work. That might be true in some cases, but in mine, as…

— Daniel Coyle

I spent my first two years as a professional with Mapei in Italy, on their youth team. We rode in minor races. Doping wasn't…

— Patrik Sinkewitz

[A 2005 response to doping allegations] Unfortunately, the witch hunt continues and tomorrow's article is nothing short of tabloid journalism. The paper even admits…

— Lance Armstrong

I have never had a single positive doping test, and I do not take performance-enhancing drugs.

— Lance Armstrong

There comes a time where next to everyone will resort to techniques that enhance cognitive, mental including emotive, physical, and other capacities. When this…

— Torbjorn Tannsjo