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I'm happy that the sacrificing, the hard training, the travel, the time being away from the family, is going to stop. So I'm happy; I'm glad about that. But I'm also terrified. Frightened. Because, I mean, in my whole adult life, cycling was the most consistent thing I ever did. -- Jens Voigt
When my legs hurt, I say: Shut up legs! Do what I tell you to do! -- Jens Voigt
Cycling is not rocket science. -- Jens Voigt
Cycling is an endurance sport. You lose your fast-twitch ability as you age, but your endurance peaks when you hit 30. I don't think I really started feeling my age until around 40. -- Jens Voigt
I'd like to throw Betsey Andreu and Travis Tygart in a wood-chipper. That would be my idea of a good time. Maybe I could get George to come over and help me clean up after. -- Jens Voigt
Apart from the fact that I can move the bike fast, I am basically Joe Average, -- Jens Voigt
In the hierarchy of the family, I'm just above the dog. But I like it that way. -- Jens Voigt
I don't want to have that one year too much, where people actually, behind my back, start smiling at me and pointing fingers at me and go, 'Ah, look, that's Jensie. No, he's not good anymore.' -- Jens Voigt
I get paid to hurt other people, how good is that? -- Jens Voigt
When you're the oldest rider at the Tour de France, you really feel it. -- Jens Voigt
It is the passion inside me that means I keep going. I love what I do, and I think I am lucky to do it. When I am riding a quiet country road, I hear the birds singing and think, 'I am in my office now.' -- Jens Voigt
Chris Boardman was my first teammate and my first roommate. I saw him finish his career with an hour record and thought, 'Yeh, what a way to go out!' -- Jens Voigt
One of the reasons I'm so competitive - I mean, I'm not winning much anymore - at my age was because I always worked hard and because we have a level playing field. We don't have motorbikes in the peloton anymore. -- Jens Voigt
Crashing is never funny, but sometimes you can jump up, laugh at your stupidity, and go, 'What the hell was that?' -- Jens Voigt
I hope I am allowed to say that the reason I am popular is because of the way I am, the way I race, and the way I talk. I am just the old-fashioned, reliable guy, and people always know I am after one thing: 'There is Jens. He will go in the breakaway.' -- Jens Voigt
Having things organized is for small-minded people. Genius controls chaos. -- Jens Voigt
If you try to win, you might lose, but if you don't try to win, you lose for sure! -- Jens Voigt
I gave it everything in the last 20 minutes. I knew that I still had the energy, that I was ahead of the mark. I felt euphoric - it was the last 20 minutes of my sporting career. -- Jens Voigt
Shut up body and do what I tell you -- Jens Voigt
At the Tour, you always have some fantastic days and some days where you hit the asphalt. Today was an asphalt day for me, -- Jens Voigt
I am a family man, and I have to find my priorities. During the season, it is to race. During the off-season, it is to spend time with my family. -- Jens Voigt
I think we all want to successfully push back the aging process, to deny the aging process. Who among us says, 'Yippee, I'm getting older'? -- Jens Voigt
What would we be without the fans? They're more important than me, because they make our sport great; they make things happen. We put on the show, but if people don't react to it, we are nothing. So, the fans, basically we should roll out the red carpet for them. -- Jens Voigt
I want to be remembered as somebody working hard, walking straight in life, most of the time, and just being a down-to-earth person, being loyal and being indestructible. -- Jens Voigt
The solo break or the small break, it's ... one of the most glorious ways to win a bike race. It's pretty damn impressive in my mind. -- Jens Voigt
I had a great career. I have no reason to complain. It's the way it goes in nature. You slow down. And I believe I lasted a lot longer than a lot of people. -- Jens Voigt
If it hurts me, it must hurt the other ones twice as much. -- Jens Voigt
While I'm not very talented at cooking, I am very talented at eating. -- Jens Voigt
Every time I race, I will race so fiercely my legs cry. -- Jens Voigt
I am confident that when I get really old, the human lifespan will be extended. -- Jens Voigt
If you go (with a break), you can either win or not win. If you don't go for it, you definitely won't win. -- Jens Voigt