Richard Virenque Quotes

#1. He's dangerous, he's beautiful, and he loves the heat, like me - that's why I had a scorpion tattooed on my leg in 1999 after my fifth jersey.

Richard Virenque

#2. It was important to score points today and I went for them with my guts.

Richard Virenque

#3. Bike riding requires permanent sacrifice. It means training 11 months out of 12 and 110 days of racing, whatever the weather conditions. Early in life, I realised I did not have intellectual potential, so I dedicated myself to cycling.

Richard Virenque

#4. Alltami (n.)
The ancient art of being able to balance the hot and cold shower taps.

Douglas Adams

#5. Mitt Romney's only bottom line is the one at the end of his own bank statement. The problem is that he confuses his own narrow, self-interest - and that of people like him - with the national interest. He thinks as long as we do right by the Mitt Romneys of the world, America will be just fine.

Chuck Schumer

#6. Our purpose here on earth: to manifest the very nature of our spirit, which is touched by the spirit of God.

Rumi

#7. In the second part of my life, away from cycling, I hope I will be able to benefit fully from my family and children in the same way that cycling gave me such joy.

Richard Virenque

#8. My first was in 1994 and it's ten years ago already. It's been ten years and I'm still around. I won a stage again, like I did last year and the year before.

Richard Virenque

#9. You mustn't fall in love with your own hero.

Lee Child

#10. In seven books, I've written my fair share of baby epilogues. Pregnancies and births and even grandchildren have made an appearance in the final pages of my books.

Sarah MacLean

#11. The marathon has so many elements to prepare for. I think that is one reason I always want to come back for more. There is always something to change in your preparation and I am still trying to discover what I am capable of. I guess I just love the challenge.

Dathan Ritzenhein

#12. I was a hero, and a second afterwards it was all over. Casartelli was dead so what I had achieved was worth nothing.

Richard Virenque

#13. What if God, in giving us life, invites us to collaborate in writing the story of our lives?

Adam Hamilton

#14. President Obama and his wife are going to Kenya. Donald Trump said, 'While you're there, pick up your birth certificate.'

David Letterman

#15. Old age takes in part savoury wisdom for its food - see to that your old age will not lack in nourishment.

Leonardo Da Vinci

#16. I was living in New York City and flat broke. My next door neighbor was an actor and he always seemed to be having more fun than I was. He convinced me to give acting a shot, but because of my shyness I was sure it would be a lost cause.

Joe Flanigan

#17. The more the years go by, the more difficult it gets. I'm getting old.

Richard Virenque

#18. If you were going to live in hell on earth, there was something to be said for being one of the devils.

Joe Hill

#19. If my golf game was a prize fight, they'd stop it.

Bob Hope

#20. I symbolized doping ... My phone rarely rings. I can count on the fingers of one hand the number of riders who call me.

Richard Virenque

#21. You can say that climbers suffer the same as the other riders, but they suffer in a different way. You feel the pain, but you're glad to be there.

Richard Virenque

#22. I want to be remembered going off the front, not the other way. After winning my seventh king-of-the-mountains title and winning a stage on Bastille Day, I asked myself, 'What more can I do in cycling?' I want to go out at the top.

Richard Virenque

#23. If you get the important things right, than there is a lot of room in life to make little mistakes.

Keith Koeneman

#24. Barriers tend to intensify romance. It's called the 'Romeo and Juliet effect.' I call it 'frustration attraction.'

Helen Fisher