Chris Hoy Quotes

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Chris Hoy

Profession : Driver

Birth : March 23, 1976

Athletes are some of the most insecure people on the planet.

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Of all the sportsmen I've ever met, cyclists are the nicest.

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I've just made the most of what I've got, and the mental side of it is half the battle.

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I'd love to see Will Ferrell play me in a spoof track cycling movie.

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I've done the 24-hour race in Le Mans, which was a dream come true.

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I would love to be able to fly.

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The bottom line is that most cycling kit exists for a reason. The padded shorts, for example, might look silly, but if you are riding for any length of time on a small, thin saddle you are going to feel it.

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Having a fall, breaking your wrist, that could be the week before the Olympics. That is why sport is always exciting.

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The road which can be quite an allure when you are young.

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Cycling is low-impact, which is why people cycle into their 70s or 80s, but track cycling means hard gym work and crashes.

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My wife Sarra was instrumental to my success. When I was training, she took care of everything. She would make me dinner and always understood when I had to go to bed early or couldn't walk around the shops.

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But coming back from injury, is like starting to exercise for the first time. You can't get stuck in straight away because you might do yourself a mischief; you have to be sensible.

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In terms of actual day-to-day training; a normal training day would begin with a gym session for about two hours, focusing on strength; so heavy weights on the lower body, with the main exercise being free weight squatting, with between one and ten repetitions depending on the time of year and the aim of the session.

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Usually in the evenings, I go for a one-hour road session for a gentle recovery road ride. It's a really steady stint with the main focus being to loosen the body down.

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The closer you get to competition the volume of training you actually do is less, so as to allow your body to rest and recover between sessions.

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The Commonwealth Games have their critics, though I suspect that they are generally people who haven't experienced them.

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I discovered in Melbourne how wonderful it is to be part of a successful team, when good morale spreads throughout the squad, among athletes and coaches and infects you like a virus - but one that you want to catch.

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You don't know how your body is going to shape up. It's whether you can maintain the performance - or improve it - without getting injured. That's the battle every athlete faces and the older you get the harder it becomes.

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You are always pushing, pushing, pushing but it is when you do that that your body can break down.

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I've been involved in cycling all my life and at a high level for 20 years. It consumes your every waking minute whether you are aware of it or not: your last training session, your next session, what you are eating next. It is a passion.

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