Motivational Quotes
“It never gets easier, you just go faster.” — Greg LeMond
“The bicycle is just as good company as most husbands and, when it gets old and shabby, a woman can dispose of it and get a new one without shocking the entire community.” — Ann Strong, Minneapolis Tribune, 1895
“Bicycling is a big part of the future. It has to be. There’s something wrong with a society that drives a car to workout in a gym.” – Bill Nye, the Science Guy
“Nothing compares to the simple pleasure of a bike ride.” – John F. Kennedy
“The Europeans look down on raising your hands. They don’t like the end-zone dance. I think that’s unfortunate. That feeling – the finish line, the last couple of meters – is what motivates me.” — Lance Armstrong
“Cycling is like a church – many attend, but few understand.” — Jim Burlant
“When I go biking, I repeat a mantra of the day’s sensations: bright sun, blue sky, warm breeze, blue jay’s call, ice melting and so on. This helps me transcend the traffic, ignore the clamorings of work, leave all the mind theaters behind and focus on nature instead. I still must abide by the rules of the road, of biking, of gravity. But I am mentally far away from civilization. The world is breaking someone else’s heart.” — Diane Ackerman
The bicycle is the most efficient machine ever created: Converting calories into gas, a bicycle gets the equivalent of three thousand miles per gallon. –Bill Strickland, The Quotable Cyclist
“When the spirits are low, when the day appears dark, when work becomes monotonous, when hope hardly seems worth having, just mount a bicycle and go out for a spin down the road, without thought on anything but the ride you are taking.” – Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
“She who succeeds in gaining the mastery of the bicycle will gain the mastery of life.” –Frances E. Willard, How I Learned to Ride the Bicycle
“When I see an adult on a bicycle, I do not despair for the future of the human race.” – H.G. Wells
“The best rides are the ones where you bite off much more than you can chew–and live through it.”–Doug Bradbury
“Let me tell you what I think of bicycling. I think it has done more to emancipate women than anything else in the world. It gives women a feeling of freedom and self-reliance. I stand and rejoice every time I see a woman ride by on a wheel…the picture of free, untrammeled womanhood.”–Susan B. Anthony
“Don’t be afraid of going fast and getting hurt. (You can always wear black stockings to cover up the scars!) You just have to forget what your parents taught you–stuff like being careful, looking good and catching the best man available.”–Marla Streb
“Perhaps the single most important element in mastering the techniques and tactics of racing is experience. But once you have the fundamentals, acquiring the experience is a matter of time.” — Greg LeMond
