Lizzie Armitstead Quotes
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As a British rider, it's a privilege to be able to compete on home roads. The British public have really taken to cycling, and you can see that when the race goes through different towns: the community really gets behind it.
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I will hold my head high in Rio and do my best for Great Britain.
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My family will be disappointed only if I'm disappointed, and hopefully that won't be the case. I'm trying to view the Olympics like any other race and I think the London course will suit my style.
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I can only tell you that I am a clean athlete and an honest person.
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A family is something that I definitely want, but I'm 26, so I have plenty of time, and I try not to kind of confuse the two because, if I'm lucky enough, I want to make having a baby a personal decision rather than a career-defined one.
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I will never cheat in any walk of life.
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I never gave up, and for that, I can be proud of myself.
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You've got all that 130 km. of being totally focused, and as soon as you cross the line, it takes a few seconds to realise what's happened.
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It's not always about gold medals, I think. It has to be about development, and we are missing that in U.K. at the moment.
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The Rio experience for me is going to be completely different to London.
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My focus has to be on my career.
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I won't try and combine training and a family.
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I'm 100 per cent motivated. I haven't done enough yet in cycling to be satisfied.
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I could have been banned. That's what I was most scared about. All the hard work being for nothing. It was basically my livelihood and my sport being taken away from me. It was everything.
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Most women's races don't pay much at all.
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When I have children, it will be my choice, and I won't feel under any pressure.
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I have never cheated anybody out of a victory, I have worked hard for every single race that I have won.
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It's difficult to change things in a positive way.
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As a female athlete, I think it's really important to stand up on a podium and represent females and what we're capable of, and I always try to make political statements with what I do rather than with headlines.
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As long as my weight is healthy, then I eat what I want.
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It's really important for cycling and for women to be on a sporting stage which is in the mainstream and across the board, not just my own sport.
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When you are on a climb, you always pick out people's words of encouragement, and it can push us on, without doubt.
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I don't particularly buy into all the nutrition fads and that sort of thing.
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I have to make sure I get the right amount of protein and iron, and I take supplements for that. I think people would be surprised if they saw my diet, though; it's very normal.