It's really incredible to win an Olympic Gold in your home city.
— Bradley Wiggins
Things change; your priorities change in life. So I'd never think of riding 100 miles on Christmas Day now, because I've got two kids, and it's selfish.
If I can win the Tour de France, there is hope for everybody.
If I'm going to Kilburn, I get on a bus.
I don't make predictions. I know what I can do, and I try not to think too far ahead.
I was a fan of Lance Armstrong, and I remember watching him win the Worlds in '93 in Oslo.
I've always shied away from computers, the Internet and all that. I'm a bit more traditional, really - pick up a newspaper, pick up a phone.
When I did win the Tour, I felt I was feted more in the U.K. for being an Olympic gold medallist... Then I come back to Europe to race, and they're not interested in the Olympic gold; it's about being the winner of the Tour de France - here he is.
You think if you win the Olympics, you'll become a millionaire overnight. But I was still scraping the barrel, looking down the back of the settee for pound coins to buy a pint of milk.
Usually, the great thing about cycling is that anybody can watch it; it's very accessible.
I've become more of a climber now - who still keeps that time trial as strong as ever. It gives me such self-belief. I feel a different athlete.
My dad was a professional track racer. It's in my genes, and my first memories as a baby were in a velodrome.
You can plan physically to try to win the Tour, but I could never plan for what was going to happen after it.
The 2012 Olympics is a fantastic incentive for everyone to help leave a sporting legacy and show that Britain is truly a great sporting nation.
The Tour has changed, and I can't make up my mind if it's changed for the better or worse.
Sir Wiggo sounds nice.
I just felt that if the team is doing seven hours, I'd want to do eight. I'd always need to do more. I knew that would make me better than everybody else.
Not having my father around has made me a better person.
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It's difficult, and it's an incredibly fine balance between getting your weight right down and being anorexic.
One of my all-time favourite guitarists is, in fact, a bassist - John Entwistle from The Who. He's one of my all-time favourites, the way he kind of expanded. I mean, he could have been a lead guitarist and been one of the best guitarists in the world. He wasn't even bass player; he was a bass guitarist, and he took the bass to another level.
I'm not really a computer man, to be honest. I check my emails every couple of weeks.
I didn't like doing team presentations at races, being introduced as the winner of the Tour. I felt quite embarrassed by it.
Working-class people don't tend to be wooed by celebrity.
I've got an opportunity that not many people have - to be the leader of Team Sky as I enter the prime years of my career.
I'm not just a time triallist any more.
I feel like I was born to ride the track.
I began cycling round the Serpentine because it was the only closed route in London where I could ride traffic-free.
I was born in Belgium, but we moved to Kilburn when I was one, so 'Time Out' has always been in the background of my life.
Everything I achieve affects my family as well, and suddenly, my kids' dad became the most famous man in the country for a couple of weeks.
I always found that the more extreme and the more eccentric I was, that's what would separate me. I always felt that I needed that separation; otherwise, I'd just be like everybody else.
I take my kids to school. It's what keeps you normal.
I may never get back to the track. The problem was that I was dominating my event, and the winning became slightly boring. I wanted new challenges, and I've got that on the road.
I think my wife has struggled a bit because of how obsessive I get with what I eat and stuff.
I've got a EC3-35 Gibson, which is pretty cherished. I've got a vintage Reichenbacker 330 in fireglow, which is the other one I look after and don't let the kids touch.
You know what? I've won the Tour de France, and now I feel ready to talk about it.
You take for granted that you can walk. You do it every day, and then suddenly you can't walk, and you have to remember, 'How did I get out of this chair and start walking in the first place?'
You train all year for the physical aspect of cycling, but you can't plan for what comes next. You're still the same person. External perceptions might change, but inside, you're the same.
I feel a different person in a lot of ways. I feel much more professional and dedicated to my trade than I used to be. I appreciate this ability I've got - and don't take it for granted any more. That fits every aspect of my life now.
That period afterwards, just hating being the winner of the Tour de France, hating cycling, hating the media for asking me questions about Lance Armstrong.
I'd love to win Paris-Roubaix.
Growing up, the news agents round my way in Kilburn all had 'Time Out' on their shopfronts. The logo is a London icon.
If we went to the Tour, I'd have to think, what would our purpose be? Would it be to win the Tour de France? I'm not sure I want that pressure.
