#cycling

I call it “pedal magic” and only those who ride know the utter ecstasy of bicycling. Pressing a pedal toward Earth gives flight to my fancy. Every rotation powers my traveling machine toward yet another date with destiny. The breeze clears my senses. The wind blows away my troubles. The sun shines upon my future. Spinning spokes create flashing metal upon an endless path—cycling feels like an infinite spiritual rush. It cleanses my mind. All my troubles fade into joy. ↗

— Frosty Wooldridge

#dating

Steve [sports psychiatrist] had already taught me to try and stop worrying so much about pleasing everyone. We knew that this was one of my most draining flaws and he again used three groups to clarify my thinking. There would always be some people, Steve said, who would care about me and love me. In contrast there would also be a select group of people who would never warm to me - no matter what I did. And in the middle came the overwhelming mass who were largely indifferent to any of my failures or triumphs. I needed to understand that most people didn't really care what I did or said. All my anguish about how they might perceive me was redundant. Steve helped me realize that I spent too much time trying to please those oblivious people in the middle or, more problematically, the small group who would never change their critical opinion of me. I should concentrate on the people who really did show concern for me. ↗

— Victoria Pendleton

#mental-health #psychiatry #psychology #sports #change

Cycling is a sport of the open road and spectators are lining that road. ↗

— Lance Armstrong

#lining #open #road #spectators

We live in a disposable society. It's easier to throw things out than to fix them. We even give it a name - we call it recycling. ↗

— Neil LaBute

#disposable #easier #even #fix #give

There's a certain amount of freedom involved in cycling: you're self-propelled and decide exactly where to go. If you see something that catches your eye to the left, you can veer off there, which isn't so easy in a car, and you can't cover as much ground walking. ↗

— David Byrne

#car #catches #certain #cover #cycling

I have contacts with the Tour de France which keep me close to cycling. ↗

— Bernard Hinault

#contacts #cycling #france #i #keep

The more you focus on sex without love, and drugs and violence, lifestyle of intimidation and recycling, the less energy you spend on opening up the big tent. ↗

— Jesse Jackson

#energy #focus #intimidation #less #lifestyle

In the draft plan, we're looking at recycling 20 percent of our garbage by 2010. ↗

— Michael E. Mann

#garbage #looking #our #percent #plan

I eat everything, that's a problem. I don't have discipline. My favorite dish is the Caribbean. Meat, rice, lots of grains. But I do like to do exercises. Lately, I've been having capoeira classes and lots of cardiovascular exercises, such as jogging and cycling. ↗

— Ricky Martin

#cardiovascular #caribbean #classes #cycling #discipline

I've just been reading about cycling. Yeah, I'm not that great at it but I like the challenge of it. ↗

— Joey Santiago

#been #challenge #cycling #great #i