ByQuotes

Bradley Wiggins Quotes

Powerful Bradley Wiggins for Daily Growth

I drank because I enjoyed it. I was happy sitting at the end of the bar on my own, reading the paper. I've always enjoyed my own company, and that stems from riding alone. I never trained with anyone - and I still don't. I've always been happy with my own thoughts, and that sums me up as an individual-pursuit rider.

- Bradley Wiggins

Been, Stems, Trained, My Own

That period afterwards, just hating being the winner of the Tour de France, hating cycling, hating the media for asking me questions about Lance Armstrong.

- Bradley Wiggins

Hating, Period, Afterwards, Armstrong

People come up to me in the street and use words like 'legend.'

- Bradley Wiggins

Street, Like, Use, Legend

I was a fan of Lance Armstrong, and I remember watching him win the Worlds in '93 in Oslo.

- Bradley Wiggins

I Remember, Armstrong, None

They do say now in cycling that there's no such thing as bad weather - it's bad clothing.

- Bradley Wiggins

Weather, Bad, Now, Clothing

I came to the conclusion that I'm not going to give up cycling because some people are cheating.

- Bradley Wiggins

Give, Some, Going, Cheating

Cycling is a part of my life; it always has been, and I will always continue to cycle. I won't be doing it on the world stage, doing it competitively, but I'll still be out on the weekend with the masses riding around Richmond Park in my Team Sky jersey or whatever. I just love it.

- Bradley Wiggins

Love, My Life, Been, World Stage

How does Ronnie O'Sullivan play snooker the way he does? You can't explain it.

- Bradley Wiggins

Play, How, Explain, Ronnie

I ended up in Hampstead for two weeks after the Tour, visiting a hospital every day before my granddad died. But he was more than my granddad. He was like my father.

- Bradley Wiggins

Before, Weeks, Visiting, Two Weeks

One of my all-time favourite guitarists is, in fact, a bassist - John Entwistle from The Who. He's one of my all-time favourites, the way he kind of expanded. I mean, he could have been a lead guitarist and been one of the best guitarists in the world. He wasn't even bass player; he was a bass guitarist, and he took the bass to another level.

- Bradley Wiggins

Fact, Been, Favourites, The Who

You train all year for the physical aspect of cycling, but you can't plan for what comes next. You're still the same person. External perceptions might change, but inside, you're the same.

- Bradley Wiggins

Year, Next, Still, Perceptions

Part of me worries about upsetting people, because we all have perceptions about Olympic champions.

- Bradley Wiggins

Champions, Worries, Olympic, Perceptions

That's the great thing about the Tour. There's always next year and the chance to rectify everything.

- Bradley Wiggins

Chance, Next, Always, Rectify

Early Nineties - that was what it was all about: how people dressed on the terraces.

- Bradley Wiggins

Dressed, How, About, Nineties

My attitude is that, if you have nothing to hide, why not show it?

- Bradley Wiggins

Nothing, Hide, Show, Why Not

I went to see Ocean Colour Scene at Shepherds Bush and and felt part of something. They paved the way for me.

- Bradley Wiggins

Part, Bush, Felt, Paved

Pace judgement is everything in the hour record. If you can ride 16.1 or 16.2-second laps constantly for 221 laps, and not go 15.9s or 16.4s, it's keeping it on the line every lap, lap after lap.

- Bradley Wiggins

Judgement, Line, Keeping, Laps

The changing of the goals helps keep the motivation fresh.

- Bradley Wiggins

Motivation, Keep, Helps, Goals

I may never get back to the track. The problem was that I was dominating my event, and the winning became slightly boring. I wanted new challenges, and I've got that on the road.

- Bradley Wiggins

New, Became, Slightly, New Challenges

I had a small investment in Twofold, following guidance from my professional advisers. I had, however, claimed no tax relief of any amount in regard to this investment. Given the concerns raised about it, I have now instructed my advisors to withdraw me from the scheme with immediate effect.

- Bradley Wiggins

Small, However, Scheme, Tax Relief

If you didn't go out every time it was raining, you wouldn't get anything done. So it's a case of making the right clothing choice in terms of waterproof, breathable, warm clothing.

- Bradley Wiggins

Go, Raining, Making, Every Time

People always push the boundaries, especially when the rewards are so high financially.

- Bradley Wiggins

Boundaries, Always, High, Financially

I wanted to give an honest insight into a consuming Tour. It's turned out pretty interesting because there aren't many books out there documenting someone's failure.

- Bradley Wiggins

Give, Pretty, Turned, Documenting

Growing up, the news agents round my way in Kilburn all had 'Time Out' on their shopfronts. The logo is a London icon.

- Bradley Wiggins

London, News, Icon, Agents

You think if you win the Olympics, you'll become a millionaire overnight. But I was still scraping the barrel, looking down the back of the settee for pound coins to buy a pint of milk.

- Bradley Wiggins

Think, Still, Barrel, Pint

You speak to the press at the Tour every day, but most often in a negative sense. Ninety per cent of the questions you are asked in the post-race press conferences are challenging or provocative, so you have to justify yourself; you have to try to give the right answers about every topic across the board.

- Bradley Wiggins

Every Day, Cent, Ninety, Conferences

I always found that the more extreme and the more eccentric I was, that's what would separate me. I always felt that I needed that separation; otherwise, I'd just be like everybody else.

- Bradley Wiggins

Always, Everybody, Otherwise, Eccentric

I can train harder and put myself through more punishing efforts now than I used to do, having done the Tour de France, and come off the road now.

- Bradley Wiggins

Through, More, Having, Train

When I won gold in Athens, I said to my wife Cath, who was pregnant, 'This baby of ours will never want for anything.' There was real pride in that - but it just didn't happen.

- Bradley Wiggins

Wife, Will, Happen, Athens

It's an Olympic Games, at the end of the day, and to represent your country at the Olympics is about as good as it gets. Put a gold medal on top of that, and it doesn't ever get any better.

- Bradley Wiggins

Country, Olympic, Olympics, Olympic Games

If you're searching for quotes on a different topic, feel free to browse our Topics page or explore a diverse collection of quotes from various Authors to find inspiration.