Bradley Wiggins Quotes

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Bradley Wiggins

Profession : Athlete

Birth : April 28, 1980

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.

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I've become more of a climber now - who still keeps that time trial as strong as ever. It gives me such self-belief. I feel a different athlete.

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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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I came to the conclusion that I'm not going to give up cycling because some people are cheating.

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I'd love to win Paris-Roubaix.

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I drank because I enjoyed it. I was happy sitting at the end of the bar on my own, reading the paper. I've always enjoyed my own company, and that stems from riding alone. I never trained with anyone - and I still don't. I've always been happy with my own thoughts, and that sums me up as an individual-pursuit rider.

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When you see it from the outside, then you see just how great the Tour de France is.

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I can get obsessive with my training, but it makes you who you are.

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You have got Team Sky leading the way on a professional front. They are quite open and have done everything possible on an anti-doping level.

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I wish I hadn't said I'm going to retire.

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If I can win the Tour de France, there is hope for everybody.

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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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Early Nineties - that was what it was all about: how people dressed on the terraces.

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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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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.

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

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

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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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Growing up, the news agents round my way in Kilburn all had 'Time Out' on their shopfronts. The logo is a London icon.

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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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