Can I wear earphones/headphones?

As a kid I had a dream – I wanted to own my own bicycle. When I got the bike I must have been the happiest boy in Liverpool, maybe the world. I lived for that bike. Most kids left their bike in the backyard at night. Not me. I insisted on taking mine indoors and the first night I even kept it in my bed

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

If I can bicycle, I bicycle

When I was a kid I used to pray every night for a new bicycle. Then I realised the Lord doesn’t work that way so I stole one and asked him to forgive me

Let a man find himself, in distinction from others, on top of two wheels with a chain – at least in a poor country like Russia – and his vanity begins to swell out like his tyres

(In an interview, revealing the secret of how to become a champion cyclist) – You must do three things; Ride your bike, ride your bike, ride your bike

Bicycles are almost as good as guitars for meeting girls

Melancholy is incompatible with bicycling

It’s one of the worst things in the world to wake up and not see your bike where you left it

Ride as much or as little or as long or as short as you feel but ride!