Lance: If there's one thing I say to those who use me as their example, it's that if you ever get a second chance in life, you've got to go all the way.
Lance: It's nice to win. I'll never win again. I may have to take up golf -- take on Tiger [Woods].
Lance: I am happy with the way my career went and I am happy with the way it ended.
Lance: If you consider my situation: a guy who comes back from arguably, you know, a death sentence, why would I then enter into a sport and dope myself up and risk my life again? That's crazy. I would never do that. No. No way.
Lance: Birthdays don't really matter much anymore ... for me, I sort of have a new birthday and that's October 2nd, the day I was diagnosed [with cancer], ... the day we all sort of look to and mark these milestones by one year, two year, five year, 10 year. Hopefully, I have a 50 year.
Lance: Winning is about heart, not just legs. It's got to be in the right place.
Lance: To be afraid is a priceless education.
Lance: I rode, and I rode, and I rode. I rode like I had never ridden, punishing my body up and down every hill I could find....I rode when no one else would ride, not even my teammates.
Lance: I really like Jan Ullrich, it's not a rivalry full of hatred, I think there's a serious amount of mutual respect there.
Lance: I become a happier man each time I suffer.
Lance: Cancer is my secret because none of my rivals has been that close to death and it makes you look at the world in a different light and that is a huge advantage.
Lance: Hard work, sacrifice and focus will never show up in tests.
Lance: I think it's important to be understood, to be honest, to be hard working, and ultimately the press, the public, the organizers... they'll decide. But I can only be myself. I can't be the guy that goes out and puts on a show... I can only be myself.
Lance: No one automatically gives you respect just because you show up. You have to earn it.
Lance: Yellow wakes me up in the morning. Yellow gets me on the bike every day. Yellow has taught me the true meaning of sacrifice. Yellow makes me suffer. Yellow is the reason I'm here.
Lance: Pain is temporary. It may last a minute, or an hour, or a day, or a year, but eventually it will subside and something else will take its place. If I quit, however, it lasts forever.
Lance: The truth is, if you asked me to choose between winning the TdF and cancer, I would choose cancer. Odd as it sounds, I would rather have the title of cancer survivor than winner of the Tour, because of what it has done for me as a human being, a man, a husband, a son and a father.
Lance: Anything is possible. You can be told that you have a 100-percent chance or a 50-percent chance or a 1-percent chance, but you have to believe, and you have to fight.
Lance: When [cancer] looked around for a body to hang out in, it made a big mistake when it chose mine.
Lance: [Cancer] put pain in perspective for me, it put suffering and defeat in perspective. The illness taught me how to really suffer and suffer slowly, and it's not as if you get sick and it hurts and a week later you get better. It's a long type of suffering, physical, emotional, mental, social. It gave me a certain sense of hunger and drive and determination that I was going to come back and give it my all.
Lance appears in the movie Dodgeball as himself.
Lance did a TV commercial for U.S. Postal Service in 2004.
Lance did a TV commercial for Subaru in 2003.
Lance did a TV commercial for Comcast in 2003.
Lance once dated Danielle Overgaag, whom he met in cycle-racing.
Lance is the only bicylist to have won the Tour De France seven times.
Lance was the first to use a type of aerobic training that aids in his conditioning for races. Lance sits and pedals in lower gears, thus giving him more oxygen.
Lance published his best-selling autobiography in March 2000: It's Not About the Bike: My Journey Back to Life.
He was predominantly raised by his mother Linda, who was married and divorced twice. Armstrong grew up in the suburbs of Dallas and took part in athletics at a young age.
Lance received the prestigious award of France's Sports Academy Trophy at the French ministry in Paris which is given to the male or female athlete with the best individual achievement over the previous year.
Lance hosted the 14th Annual ESPY Awards on July 16th, 2006. He was the first athlete to host the awards.
Lance: (as he began the 2005 Tour de France) I'm excited about the Tour because I'm ready and I love the event, but at the same time I'm excited to move on and do something else with my life.
Lance: (on Sheryl Crow) Sheryl, you've been an amazing woman. For somebody's who's the Queen of Rock & Roll you sure have been a great cycling fan, cycling teammate and a great partner.
Lance lives in a mansion in Spain part of the year. The estate was originally several separate apartments, which he bought and had renovated into a house.
Lance won the ESPY award for Best Male Athlete in 2004.
Lance has twin girls: Isabelle Rose weighing 5lbs 12oz and Grace Elizabeth weighing 5lbs 2oz (They were born on November 20, 2001.)
Lance won the Iron Kids Triathlon at 13, and became a professional triathlete when he was 16.
Lance is 5'9?" tall.
He is ranked in People Magazine's 25 Most Intriguing People (1999).
Lance was sponsored by the U.S. Postal Service from 1998-2004.
Lance is a cancer survivor of testicular cancer.
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