“Cycling is an endurance sport. You lose your fast-twitch ability as yo...” — Jens Voigt Quote

Cycling is an endurance sport. You lose your fast-twitch ability as you age, but your endurance peaks when you hit 30. I don't think I really started feeling my age until around 40.

I think we all want to successfully push back the aging process, to deny the aging process. Who among us says, 'Yippee, I'm getting older'?

One of the reasons I'm so competitive - I mean, I'm not winning much anymore - at my age was because I always worked hard and because we have a level playing field. We don't have motorbikes in the peloton anymore.

I am a family man, and I have to find my priorities. During the season, it is to race. During the off-season, it is to spend time with my family.

Second doesn't mean anything in cycling.

When I first started out in cycling, if there were two girls there, that was successful; but now, if there are 20 girls there, it's just unbelievable. The growth of the sport is just incredible.

I'd love to be able to dominate cycling in general, not just one event.

If you don't want to hit the gym, go cycling or skipping.

When you drive, you are doing several things at once. You are using your eyes, ears, hands, your mind. If you have meditated for many years and have reached a lofty height in your meditation, as I have, you can meditate while running and cycling and painting.