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"It is the unknown around the corner that turns my wheels"
Heinz Stucke, German long-distance cyclist
"Pain is still the friend that always tells me the truth"
"Training is like fighting with a Gorilla. You don't stop when you're tired. You stop when the Gorilla is tired"
"If you do something right the first time, then it's not hard enough"
"Life is like riding a bicycle. In order to keep your balance you must keep moving"
"When the spirits are low, when the day appears dark, when work becomes monotonous, when hope hardly seems worth having, just mount a bicycle and go out for a spin down the road, without thought on anything but the ride you are taking"
"I used to work in a bank when I was younger and to me it doesn't matter whether it's raining or the sun is shining or whatever: as long as I'm riding a bike, I know I'm the luckiest guy in the world"
"The bicycle is just as good company as most husbands and, when it gets old and shabby, a woman can dispose of it and get a new one without shocking the entire community."
"The hardest part of raising a child is teaching them to ride bicycles. A shaky child on a bicycle for the first time needs both support and freedom. The realisation that this is what the child will always need can hit hard"
"Those who wish to control their own lives and move beyond existence as mere clients and consumers — those people ride a bike"
"Give a man a fish and feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish and feed him for a lifetime. Teach a man to cycle and he will realize fishing is stupid and boring"
"A bicycle ride around the world begins with a single pedal stroke"
"Ride as much or as little, as long or as short as you feel. But ride"
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