David Millar Quotes

• People do make mistakes and I think they should be punished. But they should be forgiven and given the opportunity for a second chance. We are human beings.

  David Millar

  Mistake, Opportunity, Thinking

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• I was awarded 'Most Aggressive Rider of the Day', generally given to the most spectacular loser of the day.

  David Millar

  Loser, Given, Riders

  David Millar, Jeremy Whittle (2012). “Racing Through the Dark: Crash. Burn. Coming Clean. Coming Back.”, p.11, Simon and Schuster

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• 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.

  David Millar

  Sports, Stupid, Thinking

  "This much I know: David Millar". Interview with Martin Love, www.theguardian.com. June 25, 2011.

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• Often the best guys are just those that can suffer longer, who don't give up. And it's so easy to give up, when you're on a mountain and it's really hurting. We go through a lot physically.

  David Millar

  Hurt, Giving Up, Don't Give Up

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• The manner in which one loses the battle can sometimes outshine the victory.

  David Millar

  Victory, Battle, Sometimes

  David Millar (2012). “Racing Through the Dark: Crash. Burn. Coming Clean. Coming Back.”, p.36, Simon and Schuster

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• If you're not at the front, you're not in the race.

  David Millar

  Race, Ifs, Fronts

  David Millar (2012). “Racing Through the Dark: Crash. Burn. Coming Clean. Coming Back.”, p.181, Simon and Schuster

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• Cycling is based so much on form, on aesthetics, on class - the way you carry yourself on the bike, the sort of technique you have.

  David Millar

  Class, Cycling, Way

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• I'm an accumulation of every single thing I've done, good and bad.

  David Millar

  Done, Accumulation, Good And Bad

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• I shave my legs twice a week. It's hard the first time you do it. But I'm very lazy. For a team photo in December I just did the fronts.

  David Millar

  Team, Lazy, Legs

  "This much I know: David Millar". Interview with Martin Love, www.theguardian.com. June 25, 2011.

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• I like my hands. Which is lucky as I have to spend all day looking at them on the handlebars.

  David Millar

  Hands, Lucky

  "This much I know: David Millar" by Martin Love, www.theguardian.com. June 25, 2011.

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• I'll go [racing] until my body won't let me any more. Someone said to me: "The day you stop, you won't be able to get back on the same way as when you did as a pro." I want to delay that kiss goodbye as long as possible.

  David Millar

  Goodbye, Kissing, Long

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• There will always be cheaters. It is human nature. It will never be 100 percent clean, in any sport.

  David Millar

  Sports, Athlete, Cheater

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• 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.

  David Millar

  Hate, Lying, Cycling

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• I think cycling has always had a tradition of being a bit dapper, especially back in the day.

  David Millar

  Thinking, Cycling, Dapper

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• But human nature dictates that there will always be cheaters. That's inevitable. Where there's money involved and glory, there are going to be people that cheat, and there will always be ways to cheat.

  David Millar

  Cheater, People, Way

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• The first time I rode a bike I was four or five. I crashed into the back of a car.

  David Millar

  Car, Four, Firsts

  "This much I know: David Millar". Interview with Martin Love, www.theguardian.com. June 25, 2011.

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• In Italy it's full-on stardom when you're a cyclist - eating in restaurants for free, it's great.

  David Millar

  Cyclists, Eating, Restaurants

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• I had grown used to getting a pat on the back and being told after a good result: 'Well done, David - you should be happy, you're the first clean rider.

  David Millar

  Firsts, Done, Clean

  David Millar, Jeremy Whittle (2012). “Racing Through the Dark: Crash. Burn. Coming Clean. Coming Back.”, p.116, Simon and Schuster

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• The sky was falling down on me and I spent most of the time drunk. It was the only way I could handle it.

  David Millar

  Fall, Sky, Drunk

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• It seemed romantic but also tragic - people would be winning but then lose it all, or crash but fight on, break bones but get back on their bikes and try to finish. Just getting to the end was seen as an achievement in itself.

  David Millar

  Romantic, Fighting, Winning

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• I might have changed, but that did not mean the sport had.

  David Millar

  Sports, Mean, Might

  David Millar (2012). “Racing Through the Dark: Crash. Burn. Coming Clean. Coming Back.”, p.353, Simon and Schuster

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• Survival is the main objective. There are going to be some awful days, I know that from my background in the sport.

  David Millar

  Sports, Survival, Awful

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• I've been proud to be national champion. I've really enjoyed it. I have very little opportunity to remind people that I'm British and it's a nice way of staying in touch. I'm going to defend it fiercely. I want to keep it.

  David Millar

  Nice, Opportunity, People

  "Hard ride to redemption for one man and his sport" by William Fotheringham, www.theguardian.com. June 28, 2008.

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• I've been proud to be national champion.

  David Millar

  Champion, Proud

  "Hard ride to redemption for one man and his sport" by William Fotheringham, www.theguardian.com. June 28, 2008.

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• Now there are two or three teams who are very ethical in their outlook who have opened up the economic benefits and that is probably going to be a turning point in the sport.

  David Millar

  Sports, Team, Two

  "Hard ride to redemption for one man and his sport" by William Fotheringham, www.theguardian.com. June 28, 2008.

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