Have any great cycling quotes?

[Possegal]

So my "team" put together a cookbook as a fundraiser for our Livestrong Challenge. I'm finishing up all the loose ends and getting it ready to go into production.

As recipes won't continue on to a second page, some pages will have empty space at the bottom of them. The company has quotes or drawings you can put there, but we're opting to put our own quotes. I have a mix of food quotes and I want to put in some cycling ones too.

I know some of you have quotes in your signature lines, but I'm hoping that you'll help me speed the process by replying here with your great cycling quotes.

Thanks in advance! And of course, feel free to order a book should you be so interested.

[Eden]

Hmmmm who is your audience?

I'm thinking that there are different kinds of quotes you could use, depending on who you are thinking of selling the book to.

There are lots of great quotes about cycling and society/cycling and women

Phil and Paul -isms could be fun if it is racers/racing fans you are going for that crowd

[pll]

And then there is Jens... "Shut up legs!".

[Eden]

That's super

I'm liking this one-

"Ride your bike, ride your bike, ride your bike"
Fausto Coppi
When a reporter asked him what it takes to become such a great champion.

and here's a non-racing one

I thought of that while riding my bike.
Albert Einstein - On the Theory of Relativity.

these are both from http://www.allgreatquotes.com/cycling_quotes.shtml

One more - because this one made me laugh out loud.....

I won! I won! I don't have to go to school anymore.
Eddy Merckx
After winning his first bike race.

[pll]

from the same web page Eden links, Frances Willard:

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.

[Possegal]

These are just little 'filler' items in the book so I think a mix of things is fine. My sister has a bunch of food and eating quotes for it, but I thought a few cycling ones belong there too since we are raising money by riding our bikes, and you can see the cover art is someone in our jersey cycling. We also put in a few of our mother's quotes, which will likely only make our family laugh, but that's OK too. It's the recipes that really matter.

Thanks for the input and the link. That's great help!!

[withm]

My favorite has always been

"Ride it like you stole it."

attributed to some coach instructing a young Lance Armstrong in his early local racing career