I remember training with [my Australian friend] Phil Anderson prior to the world championships and. I don't know, I was just floating. I was flying. That's why I got so darn nervous.

I want to tell the world of cycling to please join me in telling Pat McQuaid to resign. I have never seen such an abuse of power in cycling's history - resign, Pat, if you love cycling. Resign even if you hate the sport.

You don't suffer, kill yourself and take the risks I take just for money. I love bike racing.

The physical demands of cycling is that it actually lowers your immune system, and you expose yourself to a tremendous amount of elements - so certain people might get a chronic overload and develop, say, bad asthma.

There are few things that you can't do as long as you are willing to apply yourself.

Perhaps the single most important element in mastering the techniques and tactics of racing is experience. But once you have the fundamentals, acquiring the experience is a matter of time.