Passion and Stupidity - Richie Porte / Cycling Tips (Thu 14 Jul 2016)

motorcycle - broken - Alexandria (Fri 15 Jul 2016)

Richie Porte on Passion and Stupidity:

There’s passion and there’s stupidity and it’s not such a fine line between them.

via Porte, on chaotic Ventoux mishap: ‘If you can’t control the crowds, then what can you control?’ by Cycling Tips.

On The Truth - Graeme Obree / Shane Stokes (Thu 26 Nov 2015)

Steadfast - Mitchell Road / Alexandria (Thu 26 Nov 2015)

Graeme Obree on Truth:

You can never go wrong with the truth

via Whistleblowers part 2 – the cost of speaking out by Shane Stokes.

On Pain - Taylor Phinney / Shane Stokes (Fri 12 Jun 2015)

Untitled - Tour of Great Britain / London (Sun 14 Sep 2014)

Taylor Phinney on Pain:

You can’t focus on anything except this pain that you are feeling. That is kind of a beautiful thing. You are always thinking about so many things at the same time, but a lot of athletes I guess use pain to really live in the moment, which is what we are all trying to do anyway.

via Taylor Phinney on enduring pain and a changed outlook on cycling and life by Shane Stokes.

On Colour - Mental Preparation - Brad McGee / Cycling Tips (Thu 22 Nov 2012)

Red and Blue - Erskineville Road / Erskineville (Fri 23 Nov 2012)
Brad McGee (*) talks (*) about the depth and extent of his mental preparation:

If I needed firing up on the way to the start line, I’d look for cues like red colours, if I felt I needed calming down I’d look for blue…

via Brad McGee: Stealing that Time Back... (*) at Cycling Tips (*).