#rider

Especially with the signing of riders with climbing abilities and the new arrival of Tyler Hamilton, who has the strength and ability to become a great leader for the big tours. All in all, I feel this is a very complete team. ↗

— Laurent Jalabert

#arrival #become #big #climbing #complete

As many of the riders before me had been held up and robbed of their packages, mail and money that they carried, for that was the only means of getting mail and money between these points. ↗

— Calamity Jane

#before #between #carried #getting #had

I symbolized doping... My phone rarely rings. I can count on the fingers of one hand the number of riders who call me. ↗

— Richard Virenque

#count #doping #fingers #hand #i

I'm sorry, Caulder, but I'm not ready for another relationship. I don't know if I ever will be ready.” Saying this to him now hurt as much as a slug to her abdomen. But it had to be said. “Then we don't have one. We're business partners first, and I'll respect your wishes. I won't stand in your way, and I won't pursue you. I'll pretend I don't want to kiss your lips.” His eyes lingered on the aforementioned. “You being in the stands photographing or videotaping my every move will mean nothing to me.” He laughed. “Dammit, I don’t believe that myself. It is what it is, Velia. ↗

— Mary J. McCoy-Dressel

#howdy #ma-am #mary-j-mccoy-dressel #business

Will is to grace as the horse is to the rider. ↗

— Saint Augustine

#horse #rider #will

The horse's neck is between the two reins of the bridle, which both meet in the rider's hand. ↗

— William Cavendish

#both #bridle #hand #horse #meet

I knew the wild riders and the vacant land were about to vanish forever... and the more I considered the subject, the bigger the forever loomed. Without knowing how to do it, I began to record some facts around me, and the more I looked the more the panorama unfolded. ↗

— Frederic Remington

#around #began #bigger #considered #facts

I admire bull riders for their passion and the uniqueness each one of them has. ↗

— Chris LeDoux

#bull #each #i #passion #riders

Drug use, within entire teams continues unabated. It is planned and deliberate cheating, with complex methods, sophisticated substances and techniques, and the active complicity of doctors, scientists, team officials and riders. There is nothing accidental about it. ↗

— Richard Pound

#accidental #active #cheating #complex #complicity

Not all that have fallen are vanquished. ↗

— J.R.R. Tolkien

#heaven #hope #inspirational #jrr-tolkien #life-lessons