{"id":143369,"date":"2016-10-27T08:05:38","date_gmt":"2016-10-27T08:05:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.welovecycling.com\/wide\/?p=143369"},"modified":"2016-10-27T08:05:38","modified_gmt":"2016-10-27T08:05:38","slug":"10-motivational-cycling-quotes-famous-people","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.welovecycling.com\/wide\/2016\/10\/27\/10-motivational-cycling-quotes-famous-people\/","title":{"rendered":"10 Motivational Cycling Quotes from Famous People"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>There\u2019s nothing like a bit of pep talk from the greatest pro and amateur riders in history to keep your spirits up.\u00a0 <\/strong><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt never gets easier, you just get faster\u201d \u2013\u00a0<em>Greg LeMond<\/em><\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/BLEOjbxgU1E\/?tagged=greglemond<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNothing compares to the simple pleasure of riding a bike\u201d \u2013\u00a0<em>John F. Kennedy<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-143370\" src=\"https:\/\/d2p6e6u75xmxt8.cloudfront.net\/2\/2016\/10\/8cc52aeb18795bf593a4dc6f023e0bfd.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"750\" \/><\/p>\n<p>\u201cGive a man a fish and feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish and feed him for a lifetime. Teach a man to cycle and he will realize fishing is stupid and boring\u201d \u2013\u00a0<em>Desmond Tutu<\/em><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-143373\" src=\"https:\/\/d2p6e6u75xmxt8.cloudfront.net\/2\/2016\/10\/TutuCOP172.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"700\" height=\"748\" \/><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe best rides are the ones where you bite off much more than you can chew, and live through it\u201d \u2013\u00a0<em>Doug Bradbury<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-143374\" src=\"https:\/\/d2p6e6u75xmxt8.cloudfront.net\/2\/2016\/10\/DougBradbury.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"592\" \/><\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI inherited that calm from my father, who was a farmer. You sow, you wait for good or bad weather, you harvest, but working is something you always need to do\u201d \u2013\u00a0<em>Miguel Indurain<\/em><\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/BL3B6B3gZjW\/?tagged=miguelindurain<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen my legs hurt, I say: \u201cShut up legs! Do what I tell you to do!\u201d \u2013\u00a0<em>Jens Voigt<\/em><\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/BL_zs9HgJ3u\/?tagged=shutuplegs<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen it\u2019s hurting you, that\u2019s when you can make a difference\u201d \u2013 Eddy Merckx<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-143377\" src=\"https:\/\/d2p6e6u75xmxt8.cloudfront.net\/2\/2016\/10\/profimedia-0134003645-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Eddy Merckx at the Rouleur Supper Club, April 2011\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" \/><\/p>\n<p>\u201cGood morale in cycling comes from good legs\u201d <em>Sean Yates<\/em><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-143378\" src=\"https:\/\/d2p6e6u75xmxt8.cloudfront.net\/2\/2016\/10\/profimedia-0234684359-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" \/><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cAs long as I breathe, I attack\u201d \u2013\u00a0Bernard Hinault<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-143380\" src=\"https:\/\/d2p6e6u75xmxt8.cloudfront.net\/2\/2016\/10\/profimedia-0294942461-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" \/><\/em><\/p>\n<p>\u201cTo me, it doesn\u2019t matter whether it\u2019s raining or the sun is shining or whatever: as long as I\u2019m riding a bike I know I\u2019m the luckiest guy in the world\u201d \u2013 <em>Mark Cavendish<\/em><\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/BHPKzIRhFlt\/?taken-by=markcavendish<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There\u2019s nothing like a bit of pep talk from the greatest pro and amateur riders in history to keep your [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":27,"featured_media":143382,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[329,334],"tags":[582,583,433],"global-categories":[],"class_list":["post-143369","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-road-cycling","category-socialising-and-culture","tag-famous-quotes","tag-road-cycling","tag-tour-de-france"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v25.3 (Yoast SEO v25.9) - 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