“I believe there are two periods in life, one for the bike, the other for becoming active on one’s work.”

I race to win, not to please people

When you nourish your body with pure energy, you transform from the inside out.

As long as I breathe, I attack.

I have contacts with the Tour de France which keep me close to cycling.

I may, however, begin riding again when I am 60.

As long as I live and breathe, I attack

There’s a terrible delight in watching a rival sink without a trace

The ugly duckling is a misunderstood universal myth. It’s not about turning into a blonde Barbie doll or becoming what you dream of being; it’s about self-revelation, becoming who you are.

Things in the margins, including humans who wander there, are often on the brink of becoming someone else, or something else, whose memory may not include the significance of old markers.

Sometimes life isn’t about who you were or are, but it’s about who you are becoming.

I thought being faithful was about becoming someone other than who I was…it wasn’t until I failed that I began to wonder if my human wholeness might be more useful to God than my exhausting goodness.

Russia is now becoming increasingly nervous about a more permanent U.S. presence in Central Asia.

At first it seems as if begoing follows becoming. But look even closer and you will see that there are only flashes of lightning illuminating the empty sky.

Enlightenment is a destructive process. It has nothing to do with becoming better or being happier.

I often describe the Absolute as Pure Infinite Potential, prior to being or becoming anything. It is forever unborn, yet gives birth to all of existence. About our ultimate nature nothing can be said; it must be revealed.