All I got from van Looy and his cronies was ridicule, not one piece of help or advice. They were very unfair, I was still just a naive young boy really. With Peugeot, and es[Simpson]pecially with Tom [Simpson], it was completely different.
We in FCK are always accused of being so damn arrogant, but the fact is that we are not nearly as arrogant as anyone else would have been in our shoes
An ordinary Sunday
Virenque is riding. He (Aldag, ed.) stands perfectly still. He stands still as a German tree in the Harz.
If you are not ready to go all the way, why go anywhere at all.
Cyclists live with pain. If you can’t handle it you will win nothing.
I have never made a prediction, nor will I ever do so.
Livingston wants to give it to Armstrong, but Armstrong would rather have it from behind by Hamilton.
Shut up legs
If you’re afraid to fail, then you’re probably going to fail.
When it’s hurting you that’s when you can make a difference.
If you fail in your preparation, you might as well prepare to fail.
Is it cool to be Nicklas Bendtner right now? It’s always cool to be Nicklas Bendtner.
I don’t believe in motivating a team. I believe in preparing a team so that they know that they have the necessary confidence when they go on the pitch – and are therefore prepared to play a good game.
Once you know what failure feels like, determination chases success.
Brøndby is a good municipal brand. Now they just need to become a good football brand.
You must never let your worst enemy get into your head.
Pain doesn’t tell you when you ought to stop. Pain is the little voice in your head that tries to hold you back because it knows if you continue you will change.
Every strike brings me closer to the next home run.
The Laudrup brothers have the same characteristics as the Heick family. They create a network of journalists around them – a slew of after-talkers who market them as mother-in-law’s dream.
I have self-doubt. I have insecurity. I have fear of failure. I have nights when I show up at the arena and I’m like, ‘My back hurts, my feet hurt, my knees hurt. I don’t have it. I just want to chill.’ We all have self-doubt. You don’t deny it, but you also don’t capitulate to it. You embrace it.
Sometimes it’s strange being me. I travel the world meeting people, I’m surrounded with friends and my life is full, but all the time I am confronted by a young man I have nothing in common with. He is me, but he is not me now. In fact I have been me now for longer than I was him, but no one wants to know about me.
Many of the greatest talents are allowed to sloppy for training, and when I see the youth national team play, it strikes me that many of them are very focused on their hairstyles or Italian hair bands.
The beauty in being blessed with talent is rising above doubters to create a beautiful moment.
Sören Åkeby gets standing ovations when he says at a press conference that AGF will be Danish champions in three years, and there is not a single one who asks if he is raving insane.