We don't need the yellow jersey, ... We don't need to keep it in the Alps, we need to have it at the end.

I'm not going to roll out with the yellow jersey,

I won't have the yellow [no-hit] jersey on now [like in Tech's preseason drills], and I'm finally going to be able to make some plays with my feet, ... I feel pretty stable with our line. But, hey, it's football and things happen. And sometimes people are going to miss blocks or get confused and mess up. But I think we'll be OK as long as we hold 'em up just a few seconds.

We're convinced that he would have kept his leader's jersey had he not crashed. You don't take the yellow jersey away from a rider who crashed out.

Gardens and chocolate both have mystical qualities.

It's really a dream come true. I've been training all winter and dreaming about wearing that yellow jersey into my home town.