每件事都是一个学习的过程：每次跌倒，都是在教你下次如何站起来。
The mind once enlightened cannot again become dark.
【译文】 颜渊问仁。孔子说：“用坚强的意志、顽强的拼搏精神，主持正义、捍卫道德、维护和平，这就是仁。一旦做到了这一点，普天下的人都会崇敬你、追随你、向你学习。为崇高理想而奋斗要靠的是自己，难道还能靠别人吗？”颜渊说：“请问其详？”孔子说：“违反礼法的事不要看、不要听、不要说、不要做。”颜渊说：“我虽不才，愿照此办理。”
The world is not a wish-granting factory.
事实是，如果你让我在赢得环法自行车赛和癌症之间做出选择，我会选择癌症。听起来很奇怪，我宁愿拥有癌症幸存者的头衔，也不愿成为环法冠军，因为它对我作为一个人、一个男人、一个丈夫、一个儿子和一个父亲的影响。
The truth is, if you asked me to choose between winning the Tour de France and cancer, I would choose cancer. Odd as it sounds, I would rather have the title of cancer survivor than winner of the Tour, because of what it has done for me as a human being, a man, a husband, a son, and a father.
Quality should never be compromised for the sake of short-term profits.