Bradley Wiggins

“I had a small investment in Twofold, following guidance from my professional advisers. I had, however, claimed no tax relief of any amount in regard to this investment. Given the concerns ra...”

“It's difficult, and it's an incredibly fine balance between getting your weight right down and being anorexic.”

“They do say now in cycling that there's no such thing as bad weather - it's bad clothing.”

“One of my all-time favourite guitarists is, in fact, a bassist - John Entwistle from The Who. He's one of my all-time favourites, the way he kind of expanded. I mean, he could have been a le...”

“Things change; your priorities change in life. So I'd never think of riding 100 miles on Christmas Day now, because I've got two kids, and it's selfish.”

“You think if you win the Olympics, you'll become a millionaire overnight. But I was still scraping the barrel, looking down the back of the settee for pound coins to buy a pint of milk.”

“I wanted to give an honest insight into a consuming Tour. It's turned out pretty interesting because there aren't many books out there documenting someone's failure.”

“That period afterwards, just hating being the winner of the Tour de France, hating cycling, hating the media for asking me questions about Lance Armstrong.”

“I was a fan of Lance Armstrong, and I remember watching him win the Worlds in '93 in Oslo.”

“Pace judgement is everything in the hour record. If you can ride 16.1 or 16.2-second laps constantly for 221 laps, and not go 15.9s or 16.4s, it's keeping it on the line every lap, lap after...”

“I may never get back to the track. The problem was that I was dominating my event, and the winning became slightly boring. I wanted new challenges, and I've got that on the road.”

“My dad was a professional track racer. It's in my genes, and my first memories as a baby were in a velodrome.”

“That's the great thing about the Tour. There's always next year and the chance to rectify everything.”

“Cycling is a part of my life; it always has been, and I will always continue to cycle. I won't be doing it on the world stage, doing it competitively, but I'll still be out on the weekend wi...”

“On the Tour, you live in a bubble - your team, the other riders, the press - so you don't know how it looks from outside.”

“How does Ronnie O'Sullivan play snooker the way he does? You can't explain it.”

“I went to see Ocean Colour Scene at Shepherds Bush and and felt part of something. They paved the way for me.”