Top 89 Quotes & Sayings by Mark Cavendish - Page 2

I'm not getting bored with cycling or winning - I love it. But I need to give myself new targets all the time.

If I do a circuit, then after three laps I could tell you where all the potholes were.

When you're a young pro from an undeveloped country in road cycling then you're on the back foot.

If you want a lot of endorsements then you'd pick the Olympics. But I've had a passion for the Tour since I was a kid. Let's put it this way: it would be harder to win a stage on the Tour de France so that would mean more. I'd take the Tour win first - but I'm aiming for both.

There's no emotion. I just see the gap and, instinctively, go for it.

It's my job. It's not a hobby, it's how I put food on the table for my family. I have to be on a bike.

When I was younger, I didn't really train for the sprint - I trained to get over the mountains. I have to train it now I'm getting older. But the sprint is more born, rather than made.

Training-wise, I don't have an extreme plan I stick to. I know what I have to do, I know the goal. But it's not really structured. That's the beauty of road cycling. It all depends on the conditions on the day and where you are in the world.

I always go for broke. It's win or nothing for me.

I love track racing and I'm proud to be a British cyclist and proud to pull on the jersey to represent my country.

The way I dig in to push myself through mountain climbs is totally psychological. I'm not designed to do that stuff. It's mind over matter.

I heal pretty well and I know if I crash on the first day of the Tour de France, I've got to get up and get on with it.

I want to provide the best possible life for my daughter. I want her to be so proud of me. You know, I never rode just for myself. I did it for my team as well. But this feels different. This feels like I'm riding my heart out for her.

I realised my whole focus each year is about the Tour de France.

The Belgian people, they're so happy.

I constantly do puzzle books. Smash through them. My iPad's full of them. Logic puzzles. Bridges. Slitherlink.

The Giro's difficult to predict for the points jersey because there are so many mountain-top finishes and there are as many points on offer for mountain stages as for sprints. It's really for the most consistent all-round rider and it's pretty difficult for me to win it.

If you're winning bike races ahead of guys who're older than you then they're going to get upset. When some young guy appears from nowhere, some people who are slower assume they ride dangerously.

You concentrate just on yourself. I can't wallow in anything, can't worry about what others are doing.

I don't listen to any music when I train - I do it outdoors, and I'm not a fan of iPods on bikes.

For any young rider even competing in the San Remo is one of the biggest things - but to win it is beyond emotion. You can't put it into words.

I learned from BMX and skateboarding how to take a fall.

Lance Armstrong won seven Tours, that's 147 days of racing, and he never had a puncture or a mechanical. You can really minimise your chances of a mistake if you do everything right.

I think an Olympic medal is the only thing missing from what I can physically achieve as a cyclist. I can't win the Tour de France, but I've pretty much won everything else that I can within my physical realm, so that's the only thing missing.

I have a house in a small town in Tuscany where everybody knows and looks out for each other. That's a similar mentality to on the Isle of Man.

It's so ironic that the better you get the easier it becomes to win.

I don't like being in London too long, because everybody's just looking straight forward, at nobody else. That freaks me out a little bit.

My wife is so hot so I don't care it I lose every stage of the 2015 Tour to Kittle. Yea, he's got cool hair but my wife is super hot.

I used to work in a bank when I was younger and to me it doesn’t matter whether it’s raining or the sun is shining or whatever: as long as I’m riding a bike I know I’m the luckiest guy in the world.