Bradley Wiggins Quotes
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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.
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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 raised about it, I have now instructed my advisors to withdraw me from the scheme with immediate effect.
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When you get into the final week of the Tour de France, it becomes a different kind of race. As the distance and the fatigue really tell, that is when it becomes a proper test of everyone's fitness.
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Tom Simpson is like the Bobby Moore of British cycling.
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Wives are around a lot longer than your sporting years.
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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.
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Working-class people don't tend to be wooed by celebrity.
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If we went to the Tour, I'd have to think, what would our purpose be? Would it be to win the Tour de France? I'm not sure I want that pressure.
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That's the great thing about the Tour. There's always next year and the chance to rectify everything.
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I've been in a lot of pressure situations; I know what I can do.
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I've got an opportunity that not many people have - to be the leader of Team Sky as I enter the prime years of my career.
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I've got a EC3-35 Gibson, which is pretty cherished. I've got a vintage Reichenbacker 330 in fireglow, which is the other one I look after and don't let the kids touch.
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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 with the masses riding around Richmond Park in my Team Sky jersey or whatever. I just love it.
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How does Ronnie O'Sullivan play snooker the way he does? You can't explain it.
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I've always said the Olympics are special to me.
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I'm not really a computer man, to be honest. I check my emails every couple of weeks.
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If you didn't go out every time it was raining, you wouldn't get anything done. So it's a case of making the right clothing choice in terms of waterproof, breathable, warm clothing.
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You take for granted that you can walk. You do it every day, and then suddenly you can't walk, and you have to remember, 'How did I get out of this chair and start walking in the first place?'
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I know the freedom that cycling gives you in terms of being able to just jump on and go.
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People think sport is life and death - it's not.
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It's still the height of every four years for me, regardless of Tours de France and everything: it's all about the Olympics.
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When I won gold in Athens, I said to my wife Cath, who was pregnant, 'This baby of ours will never want for anything.' There was real pride in that - but it just didn't happen.
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I'm not just a time triallist any more.
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I was a bit of a loner at school because I was into what I was into, that sort of scene; that is where the whole mod thing started, when I was 14-15.