Lance Armstrong citations

Lance Armstrong, né Lance Edward Gunderson le 18 septembre 1971 à Plano , est un coureur cycliste américain, champion du monde sur route en 1993. Surnommé « le boss », il est surtout célèbre pour avoir remporté sept Tours de France consécutifs de 1999 à 2005 — ce qui constituait le record absolu dans cette épreuve — et pour se les être vu retirer en 2012 après sa retraite sportive pour plusieurs infractions à la réglementation antidopage, révélées par l'Agence américaine antidopage .

À l'âge de 16 ans, Armstrong commence la compétition en tant que triathlète et devient champion national de triathlon en 1989 et 1990. En 1992, il devient coureur cycliste professionnel au sein de l'équipe Motorola. Il connaît des succès notables entre 1993 et 1996, notamment la huitième étape du Tour de France et le Championnat du monde en 1993, la Classique de Saint-Sébastien en 1995, la Tour DuPont en 1995 et 1996, et quelques victoires d'étapes en Europe, y compris une autre étape du Tour de France 1995.

En 1996, il lui est diagnostiqué un cancer métastatique testiculaire potentiellement mortel. Après son rétablissement, il fonde la Lance Armstrong Foundation, aussi appelée Livestrong Foundation, qui a pour but de lever des fonds au profit de la recherche contre le cancer et du soutien aux malades.

De retour au cyclisme en 1998, il est membre de l'équipe américaine US Postal/Discovery entre 1998 et 2005, période durant laquelle il remporte ses sept titres sur le Tour de France, ainsi qu'une médaille de bronze aux Jeux olympiques d'été de 2000. Armstrong se retire de la compétition à la fin du Tour de France 2005, mais fait son retour avec l'équipe d'Astana en janvier 2009, terminant troisième au Tour de France 2009 plus tard dans l'année. Entre 2010 et 2011, il court au sein du Team Radio Shack, qu'il a aidé à fonder. Il prend sa retraite pour la deuxième fois en 2011.

Armstrong fait l'objet d'allégations de dopage depuis sa victoire sur le Tour de France en 1999. En 2012, une enquête de l'Agence américaine antidopage conclut qu'Armstrong a utilisé des substances dopantes améliorant la performance au cours de sa carrière et l'a désigné comme le meneur du « programme le plus perfectionné, le plus professionnel et le plus efficace que le sport ait jamais vu ». Après avoir nié, Armstrong a finalement reconnu les faits à la télévision. En conséquence, il perd tous ses résultats obtenus à partir d'août 1998, y compris ses sept victoires sur le Tour de France. Il est également banni à vie de tous les sports qui suivent le Code mondial antidopage. L'Union Cycliste Internationale a confirmé la décision de l'USADA et a décidé que ses victoires ne seraient pas attribuées à d'autres coureurs. Armstrong a choisi de ne pas faire appel devant le Tribunal Arbitral du Sport. Dans une entrevue en 2013, Armstrong a avoué que certaines des allégations étaient vraies, mais il a refusé de témoigner sur toute l'étendue de son utilisation du dopage. Wikipedia  

✵ 18. septembre 1971   •   Autres noms لانس آرمسترانق
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Lance Armstrong: Citations en anglais

“A life spent defensively, worried, is a life wasted.”

Lance Armstrong livre Every Second Counts

Source: Every Second Counts (2003), p. 21
Contexte: A life spent defensively, worried, is a life wasted.
You know when I need to die? When I'm done living. When I can't walk, can't eat, can't see, when I'm a crotchety old bastard, mad at the world. Then I can die.

“Pain is temporary. Quitting lasts forever.”

Lance Armstrong livre Every Second Counts

Source: Every Second Counts

“How do you propel yourself through space on a bicycle, sometimes steeply uphill, at a speed sustainable for three weeks? Every second counts.”

Lance Armstrong livre Every Second Counts

Source: Every Second Counts (2003), p. 157
Contexte: The Tour (de France) is essentially a math problem, a 2,000-mile race over three weeks that's sometimes won by a margin of a minute or less. How do you propel yourself through space on a bicycle, sometimes steeply uphill, at a speed sustainable for three weeks? Every second counts.

“I'll be a fan of the Tour de France for as long as I live. And there are no secrets — this is a hard sporting event and hard work wins it. So Vive le Tour forever!”

Farewell speech at the Champs-Élysées podium, after winning his seventh Tour de France, quoted in "Paris salutes its American hero" by Caroline Wyatt in BBC News (24 July 2005) http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/low/europe/4713283.stm
Contexte: Finally, the last thing I’ll say to the people who don’t believe in cycling, the cynics and the sceptics: I'm sorry for you. I’m sorry that you can’t dream big. I'm sorry you don't believe in miracles. But this is one hell of a race. This is a great sporting event and you should stand around and believe it. You should believe in these athletes, and you should believe in these people. I'll be a fan of the Tour de France for as long as I live. And there are no secrets — this is a hard sporting event and hard work wins it. So Vive le Tour forever!

“I want to die at a hundred years old with an American flag on my back and the star of Texas on my helmet, after screaming down an Alpine descent on a bicycle at 75 miles per hour.”

Lance Armstrong livre It's Not About the Bike: My Journey Back to Life

Source: It's Not About the Bike: My Journey Back to Life (2000), p. 1
Contexte: I want to die at a hundred years old with an American flag on my back and the star of Texas on my helmet, after screaming down an Alpine descent on a bicycle at 75 miles per hour. I want to cross one last finish line as my wife and my ten children applaud, and then I want to lie down in a field of those famous French sunflowers and gracefully expire, the perfect contradiction to my once anticipated poignant early demise.

“At the end of the day, if there was indeed some Body or presence standing there to judge me, I hoped I would be judged on whether I had lived a true life, not on whether I believed in a certain book, or whether I'd been baptized.”

Lance Armstrong livre It's Not About the Bike: My Journey Back to Life

Source: It's Not About the Bike: My Journey Back to Life (2000), p. 113
Contexte: I wished hard, but I didn't pray. I had developed a certain distrust of organized religion growing up, but I felt I had the capacity to be a spiritual person, and to hold some fervent beliefs. Quite simply, I believed I had a responsiblity to be a good person, and that meant fair, honest, hardworking, and honorable. If I did that, if I was good to my family, true to my friends, if I gave back to my community or to some cause, if I wasn't a liar, a cheat, or a thief, then I believed that should be enough. At the end of the day, if there was indeed some Body or presence standing there to judge me, I hoped I would be judged on whether I had lived a true life, not on whether I believed in a certain book, or whether I'd been baptized. If there was indeed a God at the end of my days, I hoped he didn't say, "But you were never a Christian, so you're going the other way from heaven." If so, I was going to reply, "You know what? You're right. Fine."

“I wished hard, but I didn't pray. I had developed a certain distrust of organized religion growing up, but I felt I had the capacity to be a spiritual person, and to hold some fervent beliefs.”

Lance Armstrong livre It's Not About the Bike: My Journey Back to Life

Source: It's Not About the Bike: My Journey Back to Life (2000), p. 113
Contexte: I wished hard, but I didn't pray. I had developed a certain distrust of organized religion growing up, but I felt I had the capacity to be a spiritual person, and to hold some fervent beliefs. Quite simply, I believed I had a responsiblity to be a good person, and that meant fair, honest, hardworking, and honorable. If I did that, if I was good to my family, true to my friends, if I gave back to my community or to some cause, if I wasn't a liar, a cheat, or a thief, then I believed that should be enough. At the end of the day, if there was indeed some Body or presence standing there to judge me, I hoped I would be judged on whether I had lived a true life, not on whether I believed in a certain book, or whether I'd been baptized. If there was indeed a God at the end of my days, I hoped he didn't say, "But you were never a Christian, so you're going the other way from heaven." If so, I was going to reply, "You know what? You're right. Fine."

“It taught me that pain has a reason, and that sometimes the experience of losing things — whether health or a car or an old sense of self — has its own value in the scheme of life. Pain and loss are great enhancers.”

As quoted in Forbes Magazine (3 December 2001)
Contexte: Without cancer, I never would have won a single Tour de France. Cancer taught me a plan for more purposeful living, and that in turn taught me how to train and to win more purposefully. It taught me that pain has a reason, and that sometimes the experience of losing things — whether health or a car or an old sense of self — has its own value in the scheme of life. Pain and loss are great enhancers.

“I want this to be a positive experience and I want to take this opportunity to help others who might someday suffer from the same circumstance I face today.”

Press conference (8 October 1996)
Contexte: I want to finish by saying that I intend to be an avid spokesperson for testicular cancer once I have beaten the disease... I want this to be a positive experience and I want to take this opportunity to help others who might someday suffer from the same circumstance I face today.

“Finally, the last thing I’ll say to the people who don’t believe in cycling, the cynics and the sceptics: I'm sorry for you. I’m sorry that you can’t dream big. I'm sorry you don't believe in miracles.”

Farewell speech at the Champs-Élysées podium, after winning his seventh Tour de France, quoted in "Paris salutes its American hero" by Caroline Wyatt in BBC News (24 July 2005) http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/low/europe/4713283.stm
Contexte: Finally, the last thing I’ll say to the people who don’t believe in cycling, the cynics and the sceptics: I'm sorry for you. I’m sorry that you can’t dream big. I'm sorry you don't believe in miracles. But this is one hell of a race. This is a great sporting event and you should stand around and believe it. You should believe in these athletes, and you should believe in these people. I'll be a fan of the Tour de France for as long as I live. And there are no secrets — this is a hard sporting event and hard work wins it. So Vive le Tour forever!

“No one trains like me. No one rides like me. This jersey's mine.”

On the team bus, after winning his fifth Tour de France in 2003, as quoted in "On your marks, get set … go!" in The Guardian by William Fotheringham in The Guardian (30 June 2007) http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2007/jun/30/featuresreviews.guardianreview7
Contexte: No one trains like me. No one rides like me. This jersey's mine. I live for this jersey. It's my life. No one's taking it away from me. This fucking jersey's mine.

“My job is to suffer. I make the suffering in training hard so that the races are not full of suffering.”

As quoted in "10 questions for Lance Armstrong" by Bill Saporito in TIME magazine (28 September 2003) http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1005777,00.html
Contexte: I'm not happy if I'm not doing some physical suffering, like going out on a bike ride or running. First, it's good for you. No. 2, it sort of clears my mind on a daily basis. And it's a job. My job is to suffer. I make the suffering in training hard so that the races are not full of suffering.

“Without cancer, I never would have won a single Tour de France.”

As quoted in Forbes Magazine (3 December 2001)
Contexte: Without cancer, I never would have won a single Tour de France. Cancer taught me a plan for more purposeful living, and that in turn taught me how to train and to win more purposefully. It taught me that pain has a reason, and that sometimes the experience of losing things — whether health or a car or an old sense of self — has its own value in the scheme of life. Pain and loss are great enhancers.

“What if I had lost? What if I relapsed and the cancer came back? I still believe I would have gained something in the struggle, because in what time I had left I would have been a more complete, compassionate, and intelligent man, and therefore more alive.”

Lance Armstrong livre It's Not About the Bike: My Journey Back to Life

Source: It's Not About the Bike: My Journey Back to Life (2000), p. 267
Contexte: Anything is possible. You can be told you have a 90-percent chance or a 50-percent chance or a 1-percent chance, but you have to believe, and you have to fight. By fight I mean arm yourself with all the available information, get second opinions, third opinions, and fourth opinions. Understand what has invaded your body, and what the possible cures are. It's another fact of cancer that the more informed and empowered patient has a better chance of long-term survival. What if I had lost? What if I relapsed and the cancer came back? I still believe I would have gained something in the struggle, because in what time I had left I would have been a more complete, compassionate, and intelligent man, and therefore more alive.

“By fight I mean arm yourself with all the available information, get second opinions, third opinions, and fourth opinions.”

Lance Armstrong livre It's Not About the Bike: My Journey Back to Life

Source: It's Not About the Bike: My Journey Back to Life (2000), p. 267
Contexte: Anything is possible. You can be told you have a 90-percent chance or a 50-percent chance or a 1-percent chance, but you have to believe, and you have to fight. By fight I mean arm yourself with all the available information, get second opinions, third opinions, and fourth opinions. Understand what has invaded your body, and what the possible cures are. It's another fact of cancer that the more informed and empowered patient has a better chance of long-term survival. What if I had lost? What if I relapsed and the cancer came back? I still believe I would have gained something in the struggle, because in what time I had left I would have been a more complete, compassionate, and intelligent man, and therefore more alive.

“A boo is a lot louder than a cheer, if you have 10 people cheering and one person booing all you hear is the booing.”

As quoted in "King of the Hill" by Kelli Anderson in Sports Illustrated (5 August 2002) http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/features/2002/sportsman/flashbacks/lance/king_of_the_hill

“Anyone who imagines they can work alone winds up surrounded by nothing but rivals, without companions. The fact is, no one ascends alone.”

Lance Armstrong livre It's Not About the Bike: My Journey Back to Life

Source: It's Not About the Bike: My Journey Back to Life

“If there was a god, I'd still have both nuts.”

ET Magazine (2004) [citation needed] This needs further date citation, as the article designated has not yet been located.

“My mother told me… if you're going to get anywhere, you're going to have to do it yourself, because no one is going to do it for you.”

Lance Armstrong livre It's Not About the Bike: My Journey Back to Life

Source: It's Not About the Bike: My Journey Back to Life

“What is stronger, fear or hope?”

Lance Armstrong livre It's Not About the Bike: My Journey Back to Life

Source: It's Not About the Bike: My Journey Back to Life

“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 Armstrong livre It's Not About the Bike: My Journey Back to Life

"Back in the Saddle - An Essay by Lance Armstrong", as quoted in The Book of Action (2006) by Jeramy L. Patrick and Justin L. Helms, p. 68
Source: Armstrong, Lance. It's Not About the Bike: My Journey Back to Life. New York: Berkley Books, 2001

“Hope that is the only antidote to fear.”

Lance Armstrong livre It's Not About the Bike: My Journey Back to Life

Source: It's Not About the Bike: My Journey Back to Life

“Lance Armstrong: How bad do you want to win a stage in the Tour de France?
Floyd Landis: Real bad.
Armstrong: How fast can you go down hill?
Landis: I go downhill real fast. Can I do it?
Armstrong: Sure you can do it … run like you stole something Floyd.”

Exchange with Floyd Landis, at Stage 17 of the Tour de France as reported in "Score another for Armstrong" in VeloNews (22 July 2004) http://velonews.com/article/6638

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