“Each great athlete must some day bow to that perennial old champion, F...” — Major Taylor Quote

“Each great athlete must some day bow to that perennial old champion, Father Time, even as I, for Time eventually wins.”

“Modesty should be typical of the success of a champion.”

“To these ideals which were instilled in me when I was a youth, I attribute in a large degree the success that was mine on the bicycle tracks of the world.”

“You are an athlete when you're onstage. You can't get tired.”

“I always looked like an athlete but I didn't look like Charles Atlas.”

“A true athlete is someone who doesn't just stop training when they stop competing. It's a way of life, and they keep in shape just to keep up that standard.”