My time is focused on family and work. I need to find a way to spend more time with my friends - and cycling.
I'd love to have my achievements recognised and for people to know enough about cycling to understand what my achievements mean.
The 2012 Olympics is going to cost £8 billion which is a lot of money. It'll probably bankrupt London. But you can't put a price on two bronze medals in cycling.
Cardio-based exercise involves moving at a moderate intensity, using many muscle groups at once. Think: walking, jogging, cycling, etc.
I like doing yoga; I like running and cycling - just staying active. And I love a facial.
You always know when you're going to arrive. If you go by car, you don't. Apart from anything else, I prefer cycling. It puts you in a good mood, I find.
I cannot emphasize just how dangerous it is cycling in the city. Especially now. Even though it is against the law to do this, you'll see people texting while they drive.
Exercise and fitness will always be part of my life but it does not have to be lifting huge weights; I like yoga, cycling, walking swimming, anything.
To be brutally honest, it's simple economics. If they want to come into cycling, sponsors need to know the team they are funding is clean, otherwise the risk is just too great.
My epiphany came in that police cell: I realized I was about to lose everything and it didn't bother me, not in the slightest. I'd come to hate cycling because I blamed it for the lie I was living.
Cycling is a sport of amazing athletes. Its been a privilege and a honor for me to be in this sport and to have a chance to race at the highest level.
It's insane going from skiing to cycling. Even though you are in prime shape, you feel like you have never worked out a day in your life.
I love cycling, running and swimming. In recent years I've competed regularly in triathlons, which means I don't find the physical side of driving a struggle any more.
I have always struggled to achieve excellence. One thing that cycling has taught me is that if you can achieve something without a struggle it's not going to be satisfying.
My epiphany came in that police cell: I realised I was about to lose everything and it didn't bother me, not in the slightest. I'd come to hate cycling because I blamed it for the lie I was living.
They do say now in cycling that there's no such thing as bad weather - it's bad clothing.
My life, since I was 12-years-old, has revolved around some sort of sport, mainly cycling, so when I'm unable to ride my bike I just don't know what to do with myself.
As a kid growing up - I can see now - it didn't matter what I did, as long as it was something I could be really good at. Cycling just happened to be the opportunity that came along.
Every organization has a responsibility to stamp out bullying and discrimination. From what I read and understand through various conversations, British Cycling recognize they've fallen short in a number of areas.
I love cycling, but if I could find a way of building something above the streets for cyclists, that would be amazing. We need even more space.
Before the Olympics, there's always been a part of me that's wanted to write a book about Women's cycling because there isn't one out there and I think there's a lot to be said.
Cycling is not impactful. Its just like when you are injured, have a knee surgery or something, there are so many things that you can still do, you just have to find that other passion that's out there.
Illegal drug use runs contrary to the image of health depicted by cycling. Distributors of these drugs must be prosecuted more harshly as they are ciminals.
Cycling is such a stupid sport. Next time you are in a car travelling at 40mph think about jumping out - naked. That's what it's like when we crash.
I'm writing kid's books, I'm doing endurance racing with Le Mans and designing bikes. I've also got my own range of cycling clothing.
Bengaluru's traffic does not allow scope for cycling regularly, but I brave the roads occasionally and take the cycle out to work.
If people really want to clean the sport of cycling up, all you have to do is put your money where your mouth is.
Of course you want a better culture of cycling in the U.K. Better roads. More respect.
I just hope I can inspire young people and get more people into cycling.
I read a lot of 'The Canterbury Tales' on my phone last year, because I was cycling between three different editions, and I needed to have a middle-of-the-night edition for the insomniac reading.
I always find the time to exercise - kitesurfing, tennis or cycling - and to spend time with my loved ones.
The world depends on fungi, because they are major players in the cycling of materials and energy around the world.
I have some really nice memories of Delhi. Going swimming, roaming around in Defence Colony, cycling in its beautiful, wide lanes, and enjoying good food.
In tennis, you can have a bad set and still win. The part of track cycling that is difficult to find in other sports is that it's so final; there's no second chance if you make a mistake.
Cycling is a sport of the open road and spectators are lining that road.
In fact cycling has always been 'saved' by judicial investigations and not by the anti-doping controls we put in place. That's the harsh truth. We have relied on them to clean the sport up.
I will never run out of cycling shorts, ballet slippers, denim shorts, socks and pyjamas.
I think racing and riding are two different elements of cycling. You either want to or not depending on what you want to get out of it.
I like cycling and swimming and walking everywhere. I'm not going to the gym. I like being outside rather than inside a room.
I'm excited to see the growth in women's cycling, and I think the Women's Tour has had a really positive impact on that change.
I remember cycling down in my hometown Kanpur twice in two days for eight kilometres to see 'Ardh Satya.' I loved its rawness at a time when everyone was doing potboilers.
But now that I'm approaching my mid-forties and have a child, I realise more than ever that I need to look after myself. I like to keep fit and enjoy swimming and cycling.
When I am home in L.A., I love to stop by a yoga class or Soul Cycle session. There is nothing like doing some cycling in the dark to club music and candle light.
Even something light, such as walking, jogging, cycling or swimming, and staying away from junk food is good enough to keep you healthy.
The beautiful thing about cycling is that it is so accessible and that pleased me when I was younger because you felt like you could almost touch the athletes.
We got a gay following around the time we started using camp dancers who were stripped to the waist in cycling shorts and aviators.
If you do nursing or that type of work long enough, you become a healer in your own thoughts. You're cycling love, so you can stay a little more sane in the midst of it.
We can and should have an abundance of trails for walking, cycling, and horseback riding, in and close to our cities. In the backcountry we need to copy the great Appalachian Trail in all parts of America.
I'm such a fanatic about exercise that I opened my own gym, 3Sixty Cycling Studio, and I exercise almost every single day.
I know what happened to cycling from 1999 to 2005. I saw its growth, I saw its expansion.
I top up my endurance with running and cycling because in a race, your heart rate is up at 150, so we have to train at that level.
I come from a cycling background. I happened to be good at it; the opportunities came my way. It wasn't something I necessarily searched to be involved in; it wasn't a dream. I just had an opportunity which you couldn't refuse.
At the end of the day, cycling is a business, so we have to be able to offer something to a sponsor, and without exposure, that's going to be difficult, but that's where the UCI perhaps has to be a little bit stronger.
Cycling into work every day is a brilliant way to add in extra training hours without feeling like you are taking up much time.
I was cycling until I was 68. I used to play football, cricket, tennis, table tennis. I was into road walking - heel and toe.
People are often quite surprised by the sport and leisure activities practised by the blind. For example, tandem cycling is very popular.
The uptake of people getting involved in cycling is partly down to the big success the team has had in the Tour de France, the Olympics and the World Championships.
I agree it is the most important, but cycling is not only about Tour. If everybody thinks like Armstrong, there will be only one race.
The cycling helmet can save your life, but it doesn't look good and tends to ruin your hair.
I have always struggled to achieve excellence. One thing that cycling has taught me is that if you can achieve something without a struggle, it's not going to be satisfying.
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