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David Millar, born on January 4, 1977, is a renowned professional cyclist. He achieved numerous successes throughout his career, including winning multiple international races and achieving notable results in the Tour de France.

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Famous David Millar Quotes

“This place has been my home. They liked me here. Not any more. Now they will look the other way. Now I don't belong.”

Book:Racing Through the Dark

Source: Racing Through the Dark

“It was ridiculous really. I had just won a major race despite not being in top form, yet I was going to dope.”

Winning Race Victory Drugs

Book:Racing Through the Dark

Source: Racing Through the Dark

“Nothing was being done to help the non-dopers, to encourage or support them. Even the clean riders like myself and Moncout knew how easy it was to cheat the tests.”

Sports Support Encouragement Betrayal Purity Doping

Book:Racing Through the Dark

Source: Racing Through the Dark

“I was not a doper, I told myself - I just injected myself to recover and needed pills to sleep.”

Pain Sport Doping David Millar Racing Through The Dark

Book:Racing Through the Dark

Source: Racing Through the Dark

“I'd just killed some of the best riders in the world - and I was clean. I'd taken nothing - no EPO, no cortisone, no testosterone, no painkillers, no caffeine. I had justified to myself that I was a great rider without drugs - yet perversely given myself the green light to dope again. I'd proved what I could do clean - how much more could I do if I was doped?”

Inspirational Self Pain Success Drugs Doping

Book:Racing Through the Dark

Source: Racing Through the Dark

“Preparation was a term I was to hear more and more. It had another more sinister meaning. If you were prepared, it meant you were doped.”

Inspirational Life Lessons Doping

Book:Racing Through the Dark

Source: Racing Through the Dark

“If the riders, governing bodies, teams, race organisers and media weren't doing anything about it, then what the hell could I, a 20-year-old neo-pro from Scotland, do about it?”

Book:Racing Through the Dark

Source: Racing Through the Dark

“One group of riders doped, the others alongside them racing clean. You can work out for yourselves which group was fastest.”

Sports Humour Doping

Book:Racing Through the Dark

Source: Racing Through the Dark

“It was very quiet at the hotel, as if there had been a death in the family. When you have quit the Tour, nobody really knows what to say or do. (...) Everything I'd previously achieved meant nothing; all I was now was a pro rider who couldn't finish the Tour de France.”

Life Inspirational Success Death Sports Failure Racing Achievements Doping

Book:Racing Through the Dark

Source: Racing Through the Dark

“Survival is the main objective. There are going to be some awful days, I know that from my background in the sport.”

Knows Sports Survival Backgrounds Objectives Awful Awful Days

Author:David Millar

“Often the best guys are just those that can suffer longer, who don't give up. And it's so easy to give up, when you're on a mountain and it's really hurting. We go through a lot physically.”

Giving Guy Suffering Easy Hurt Mountain Giving Up Don't Give Up Easy To Give Up

Author:David Millar

“I've been proud to be national champion.”

Author:David Millar

“Now there are two or three teams who are very ethical in their outlook who have opened up the economic benefits and that is probably going to be a turning point in the sport.”

Two Three Sports Team Economic Benefits Ethical Outlook Turning Points

Author:David Millar

“The sky was falling down on me and I spent most of the time drunk. It was the only way I could handle it.”

Way Fall Sky Handle Drunk Falling Down

Author:David Millar

“I'll go [racing] until my body won't let me any more. Someone said to me: "The day you stop, you won't be able to get back on the same way as when you did as a pro." I want to delay that kiss goodbye as long as possible.”

Way Want Long Said Body Able Kissing Let Me Goodbye Get Back Racing Delay

Author:David Millar

“People do make mistakes and I think they should be punished. But they should be forgiven and given the opportunity for a second chance. We are human beings.”

People Thinking Should Humans Opportunity Given Chance Human Beings Mistake Making Mistakes Forgiven Second Chance Chances Are Given A Chance Given A Second Chance Give Us A Chance Given Opportunity

Author:David Millar

“But human nature dictates that there will always be cheaters. That's inevitable. Where there's money involved and glory, there are going to be people that cheat, and there will always be ways to cheat.”

People Way Humans Human Nature Involved Glory Inevitable Cheat Cheater

Author:David Millar

“Cycling is based so much on form, on aesthetics, on class - the way you carry yourself on the bike, the sort of technique you have.”

Way Form Class Technique Aesthetic Bike Aesthetics Cycling

Author:David Millar

“I shave my legs twice a week. It's hard the first time you do it. But I'm very lazy. For a team photo in December I just did the fronts.”

Firsts Hard Week Team Fronts First Time Legs Lazy December

Author:David Millar

“In Italy it's full-on stardom when you're a cyclist - eating in restaurants for free, it's great.”

Eating Restaurants Stardom Cyclists

Author:David Millar

“The first time I rode a bike I was four or five. I crashed into the back of a car.”

Firsts Five Four Car First Time Bike

Author:David Millar

“To be brutally honest, it's simple economics. If they want to come into cycling, sponsors need to know the team they are funding is clean, otherwise the risk is just too great.”

Ifs Knows Want Needs Simple Risk Team Honest Economics Clean Funding Cycling Sponsors Brutally Honest

Author:David Millar

“There will always be cheaters. It is human nature. It will never be 100 percent clean, in any sport.”

Humans Sports Human Nature Percent Clean Athlete Cheater

Author:David Millar

“It seemed romantic but also tragic - people would be winning but then lose it all, or crash but fight on, break bones but get back on their bikes and try to finish. Just getting to the end was seen as an achievement in itself.”

People Trying Ends Would Be Fighting Winning Loses Break Achievement Romantic Bones Tragic Get Back Romantic Love Crash Bike

Author:David Millar

“The manner in which one loses the battle can sometimes outshine the victory.”

Sometimes Loses Victory Battle

Book:Racing Through the Dark: Crash. Burn. Coming Clean. Coming Back.

Source: Racing Through the Dark: Crash. Burn. Coming Clean. Coming Back.

“I was awarded 'Most Aggressive Rider of the Day', generally given to the most spectacular loser of the day.”

Given Loser Aggressive Spectacular Riders

Book:Racing Through the Dark: Crash. Burn. Coming Clean. Coming Back.

Source: Racing Through the Dark: Crash. Burn. Coming Clean. Coming Back.

“If you're not at the front, you're not in the race.”

Ifs Race Fronts

Book:Racing Through the Dark: Crash. Burn. Coming Clean. Coming Back.

Source: Racing Through the Dark: Crash. Burn. Coming Clean. Coming Back.

“I had grown used to getting a pat on the back and being told after a good result: 'Well done, David - you should be happy, you're the first clean rider.”

Should Firsts Wells Done Used Results Clean Riders Well Done

Book:Racing Through the Dark: Crash. Burn. Coming Clean. Coming Back.

Source: Racing Through the Dark: Crash. Burn. Coming Clean. Coming Back.

“I might have changed, but that did not mean the sport had.”

Mean Might Sports Changed

Book:Racing Through the Dark: Crash. Burn. Coming Clean. Coming Back.

Source: Racing Through the Dark: Crash. Burn. Coming Clean. Coming Back.

“I like my hands. Which is lucky as I have to spend all day looking at them on the handlebars.”

Author:David Millar

“I think cycling has always had a tradition of being a bit dapper, especially back in the day.”

Thinking Bits Tradition Cycling Back In The Day Dapper

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“I'm an accumulation of every single thing I've done, good and bad.”

Done Good And Bad Accumulation

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“I've been proud to be national champion. I've really enjoyed it. I have very little opportunity to remind people that I'm British and it's a nice way of staying in touch. I'm going to defend it fiercely. I want to keep it.”

People Way Want Littles Opportunity Nice Proud British Enjoyed Champion Staying

Author:David Millar

“My epiphany came in that police cell: I realized I was about to lose everything and it didn't bother me, not in the slightest. I'd come to hate cycling because I blamed it for the lie I was living.”

Lying Hate Loses Police I Realized Cells Bother Cycling Epiphany

Author:David Millar

“Cycling is such a stupid sport. Next time you are in a car travelling at 40mph think about jumping out - naked. That's what it's like when we crash.”

Thinking Next Sports Car Stupid Naked Crash Next Time Jumping Cycling Stupid Sports

Author:David Millar

About the Author

Born: January 4, 1977
Known for: Cyclist
Quotes: 35

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