Great Cycling Quotes

Courtesy of Mark Cavendish, fast, and full of graceful arrogance:

''When journalists at the Tour de France ask me if I am the best sprinter, I answer 'Yes', and that's seen as arrogance, but if they don't ask me, I don't say I'm the best sprinter in the world.''

''The fact is, you look at the replays of my wins at the Tour, and I'm the fastest sprinter. I'm stating a fact. It's not just me saying 'I'm the fastest sprinter' without backing it up - I'm stating a fact, you know? I don't see how that can be seen as arrogance when it's just telling the truth. But people can take me as they want? I don't give a shit really.''

I sometimes think he comes across as a prat, but he has a very good point there.
If somebody asks a question, they should expect an answer, and if you happen to ask one of the best sprinters in the world if he's aware that he's one of the best sprinters in the world, you shouldn't think he's a tosser when you realise that he's noticed.