Quotes

The 50 best cycling quotes

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Cycling Quotes

Cycling gives everyone who gets in the saddle a tremendous feeling of freedom and independence. 

Here you will find various inspirational quotes and wisdom about motivation, passion, etc. that describe cycling very appropriately.

Quotes

  • «Your body drives you to the line, but your mind makes you cross it.» (Sebastian Kienle)
  • «Don’t tell me you can’t.» (Juan José Méndez, Paralympian)
  • «Crashing is a part of cycling as crying is a part of love.» (Johan Museeuw)
  • «If it’s hurting me, it’s killing them.» (Sebastian Kienle) 
  • «If you brake, you don’t win.» (Mario Cipollini)
  • «The bicycle has a soul. If you succeed to love it, it will give you emotions that you will never forget.» (Mario Cipollini)
  • «First week you feel good, the second week you lose strength. Third week, fucked.» (Per Pedersen)
  • «It hurts because it matters.» (John Green)
  • «Sometimes you are the hammer. Sometimes you are the nail.» (Thomas Geriant)
  • «Shut up legs.» (Jens Voigt)
Fabian Cancellara

Every race is a fight. If you don’t go into every event with that belief, you will never achieve your goals.

Fabian Cancellara
Cyclist
  • «Sometimes, when we train, we simply have to go out to meet the man with the hammer.» (Laurent Fignon)
  • «I race to win, not to please people.» (Bernard Hinault)
  • «Age and treachery will overcome youth and skill.» (Fausto Coppi)
  • «I’m only really alive when I’m on my bike.» (Eddy Merckx)
  • «As long as I’m riding a bike, I know I’m the luckiest guy in the world.» (Mark Cavendish)
  • «The race is won by the rider who can suffer the most!» (Eddy Merckx)
  • «Pain is temporary. Quitting lasts forever.» (Lance Armstrong)
  • «Cycling has given me everything.» (Victoria Pendleton)
  • «To be free and to live a free life – that is the most beautiful thing there is.» (Miguel Indurain)
  • «In our sport the tour is the holy grail.» (Chris Froome) 
Eddy Merckx

The race is won by the rider who can suffer the most!

Eddy Merckx
Cyclist
  • «Sometimes you don’t need a plan. You just need big balls.» (Tom Boonen)
  • «I’ve waited for this for years.» (Geraint Thomas)
  • «When they tell me to win, I win.» (Peter Sagan)
  • «It never gets easier, you just go faster.» (Greg LeMond)
  • «Embrace your sweat. It is your essence and your emancipation.» (Erik Zabel)
  • «Don’t buy upgrades, ride up grades.» (Eddy Merckx)
  • «As long as I breathe, I attack.» (Bernard Hinault)
  • «It never gets easier, you just get faster.» (Greg LeMond)
  • «If you brake, you don’t win.» (Mario Cipollini)
  • «Age and treachery will overcome youth and skill» (Fausto Coppi)
Erik Zabel

I’ve got everything I need here to be happy – a solid team, good riders and a great team manager.

Erik Zabel
Cyclist
  • «Especially with the signing of riders with climbing abilities and the new arrival of Tyler Hamilton, who has the strength and ability to become a great leader for the big tours. All in all, I feel this is a very complete team.» (Laurent Jalabert)
  • «I believe there are two periods in life, one for the bike, the other for becoming active on one’s work.» (Bernard Hinault)
  • «Every race is a fight. If you don’t go into every event with that belief, you will never achieve your goals.» (Fabian Cancellara)
  • «You can say that climbers suffer the same as the other riders, but they suffer in a different way. You feel the pain, but you’re glad to be there.» (Richard Virenque)
  • «I’m quite mad by nature, and it’s my craziness that has saved me from extinction.» (Marco Pantani)
  • «Good is something you do, not something you talk about. Some medals are pinned to your soul, not to your jacket.» (Gino Bartali)
  • «It’s better to be at the giving end of pain than to be at the receiving end.» (Chris Boardman)
  • «I don’t ride my bike to win races, nor do I ride my bike to get places. I ride to escape this world to find peace within myself – I ride to feel free and I ride to feel strong.» (unkown)
  • «I am cyclist I am not the fastest or the fittest. But I’ll get to where I am going with a smile on my face.» (unkown)
  • «I am cyclist I am not the fastest or the fittest. But I’ll get to where I am going with a smile on my face.» (unkown)
Erik Zabel

Riding a bike is like an endless Sunday afternoon.

Jens Voigt
Cyclist
  • «To know if the weather is too bad for training, put on your gear, go training, then you know when you get back.» (Sean Kelly)
  • «Beyond pain there is a whole universe of more pain.» (Jens Voigt)
  • «It’s not the falling off that hurts, it’s the landing.» (James Carson)
  • «Don’t buy upgrades, rip up grades.» (Eddy Merckx)
  • «The riskiest thing you can do is get greedy.» (Lance Armstrong)
  • «I’m from Holland and I’m used to rain.» (Marianne Vos)
  • «Cyclists live with pain. If you can’t handle it you will win nothing.» (Eddy Merckx)
  • «I want to be motivational and inspirational for everybody. My big aim is more women on bicycles.» (Marianne Vos)
  • «Every rider trains their muscles, but few train their brain.» (Mark Cavendish)
  • «Pain is still the friend that always tells me the truth.» (Chris Froome)
Erik Zabel

Family does not come first. The bike does.

Sean Kelly
Cyclist
  • «The bike will transform anyone who is willing to let it happen.» (Ina-Yoko Teutenberg)
  • «A bicycle ride around the world begins with a single pedal stroke.» (Scott Stoll)
  • «You can’t buy happiness, but you can buy a bike and that’s pretty close.» (Unknown)
  • «It’s not the falling of that hurts, it’s the landing.» (James Carson)
  • «You can’t get good by staying home. If you want to get fast, you have to go where the fast guys are.» (Steve Larsen)