Interesting Quotes

I was skimming though my copy of The Quotable Cyclist: Great Moments of Bicycling Wisdom, Inspiration and Humor, Edited by Bill Strickland, and stumbled across the following which appeared one after the other (pg 219). I have them here in the reverse order from the book for reasons I can't explain.

"The problem with being a Tour de France winner is you always have that feeling of disappointment if you don't win again. That's the curse of the Tour de France"
--Greg LeMond

"I'm proud of what I've done in the Tour, but you have to keep your perspective. It's just a bicycle race after all."
--Miguel Indurain, after his 4th TdF win