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Category: David Millar

People do make mistakes and I think they should be punished. But they should be forgiven and given the opportunity for a second chance. We are human beings.

Opportunity, Mistakes

This place has been my home. They liked me here. Not any more. Now they will look the other way. Now I don’t belong.

It was very quiet at the hotel, as if there had been a death in the family. When you have quit the Tour, nobody really knows what to say or do. (…) Everything I’d previously achieved meant nothing; all I was now was a pro rider who couldn’t finish the Tour de France.

achievements, death, doping, failure, inspirational, life, racing, sports, success

I’d just killed some of the best riders in the world – and I was clean. I’d taken nothing – no EPO, no cortisone, no testosterone, no painkillers, no caffeine. I had justified to myself that I was a great rider without drugs – yet perversely given myself the green light to dope again. I’d proved what I could do clean – how much more could I do if I was doped?

doping, drugs, inspirational, pain, self, success

What an idiot I’d been. What a spoilt brat. What a bloody fool.

doubt, fool, idiot, life, self, spoiled

I was awarded ‘Most Aggressive Rider of the Day’, generally given to the most spectacular loser of the day.

autobiography, cycling, david-millar, racing-through-the-dark, sports

One group of riders doped, the others alongside them racing clean. You can work out for yourselves which group was fastest.

doping, humour, sports

I had grown used to getting a pat on the back and being told after a good result: ‘Well done, David – you should be happy, you’re the first clean rider.

clean, doping, happiness, purity, sports

I didn’t care about goals or expectations any more, I was just determined to race my heart out.

goeals, heart, race

It was ridiculous really. I had just won a major race despite not being in top form, yet I was going to dope.

drugs, race, victory, winning

If you’re not at the front, you’re not in the race.

inspirational, race, sports

I didn’t want to take it. I knew it was a powerful drug, but I also knew it was a catabolic drug that consumed the body.

addiction, drugs