Jens Voigt quotes:

Hopefully I've shown them (fellow cyclists) you just need some self-belief and that you need to take your destiny into your own hands instead of waiting for it. You have to go out and force it. You need to go out and take life, and shape your life and destiny the way you need it. I hope I can pass that message along.

Apart from the fact that I can move the bike fast, I am basically Joe Average,

At the Tour, you always have some fantastic days and some days where you hit the asphalt. Today was an asphalt day for me,

Cycling is not rocket science.

When my legs hurt, I say: "Shut up legs! Do what I tell you to do!

I get paid to hurt other people, how good is that?

Shut up body and do what I tell you

If it hurts me, it must hurt the other ones twice as much.

If you go (with a break), you can either win or not win. If you don't go for it, you definitely won't win.

Having things organized is for small-minded people. Genius controls chaos.

I'd like to throw Betsey Andreu and Travis Tygart in a wood-chipper. That would be my idea of a good time. Maybe I could get George to come over and help me clean up after.

If you try to win, you might lose, but if you don't try to win, you lose for sure!

I lost quite a bit of skin on the left side of my body and sustained some deep cuts in my hand and around my knee, but the doctors were able to stitch it all back together. Luckily I didn't hurt my shoulder but I'm now at the point where the only thing on my body which isn't hurting is my bad shoulder.

While I'm not very talented at cooking, I am very talented at eating.

In the hierarchy of the family, I'm just above the dog. But I like it that way.

Every time I race, I will race so fiercely my legs cry.

I am confident that when I get really old, the human lifespan will be extended.