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David Millar Quotes

David Millar quotes

British Athlete January 4, 1977

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I loved racing, and I loved being a cyclist, but I struggled with the people and the environment. The world of doping and the law of silence - the omert - that went with it were eroding my self-respect. David Millar
Everything that's going on within the peloton - there's about ten different races going on. There is also a survival element to it - I love the fact that it's so epic. You crash on a bike, the first thing you do is try and get back up on it. No whinging! David Millar
David Millar quote: "The smallest issues can become the most important things in..."
The smallest issues can become the most important things in life and reality slips away. David Millar
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
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
It was very quiet at the hotel, as if there had been a death in the family. When you have quit the Tour, nobody really knows what to say or do. (...) Everything I'd previously achieved meant nothing; all I was now was a pro rider who couldn't finish the Tour de France. David Millar
I have lived a short time without a future, completely lost - never alone, but very lost. We say in bad times that it's happening for a reason, perhaps - because it makes us feel better - to give times of strife a higher purpose, even if we find it hard to believe. David Millar
I'd just killed some of the best riders in the world - and I was clean. I'd taken nothing - no EPO, no cortisone, no testosterone, no painkillers, no caffeine. I had justified to myself that I was a great rider without drugs - yet perversely given myself the green light to dope again. I'd proved what I could do clean - how much more could I do if I was doped? David Millar
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
Nothing was being done to help the non-dopers, to encourage or support them. Even the clean riders like myself and Moncout knew how easy it was to cheat the tests. David Millar
David Millar quote: "There will always be cheaters. It is human nature. It will..."
There will always be cheaters. It is human nature. It will never be 100 percent clean, in any sport. David Millar
David Millar quote: "I'm an accumulation of every single thing I've done, good and..."
I'm an accumulation of every single thing I've done, good and bad. David Millar
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
David Millar quote: "I might have changed, but that did not mean the sport had."
I might have changed, but that did not mean the sport had. David Millar
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

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