Bernard Hinault quotes:

Illegal drug use runs contrary to the image of health depicted by cycling. Distributors of these drugs must be prosecuted more harshly as they are ciminals.

I am working as public relations director for the Tour de France and maintaining my farm.

I have the impression that cycling is no longer a game but rather an employment... a job.

I have contacts with the Tour de France which keep me close to cycling.

As long as I breathe, I attack.

I race to win, not to please people.

There's a terrible delight in watching a rival sink without a trace

He has a head, two arms, two legs, just as I.

When I see pot-bellied cyclists wearing the 'maillot jaune,' it appals me.

I believe there are two periods in life, one for the bike, the other for becoming active on one's work.

I may, however, begin riding again when I am 60.

I race to win, not to please people

As long as I live and breathe, I attack