QUOTES BY PETER
• "We'll see."
- Peter's most favorite and most frequent answer whatever the question
• "I don't know."
- Peter's second most favorite and frequent answer whatever the question
• It doesn't bother me."
- Peter's third most...blab bla bla
• "Nothing happened, I just couldn’t pee."
- after spending quite a long time in the anti-doping control room at the 2012 Tour de Suisse
“I want a rich girlfriend who will take care of me.”
- Peter Sagan (interview in 2010)
• "I'm hungry."
- Peter answers a journalist's question 'What are your impressions of today's stage'
• "Cycling is boring."
• "My brother persuaded me to try cycling and I realised it was the best thing in the world. People thought we were strange but I couldn’t have cared less”
• "Only a natural disaster will prevent me from winning the green jersey."
• "I didn't know how to tie a tie. I had to google video instructions."
- at the Cycling Awards event in Slovakia, wearing a suit...and a tie
• "Just do what you love doing. That's my only advice."
• "Uphill, downhill, I like that."
• "I always race to win."
• "Don’t take this personally, but I don’t like doing interviews. I don’t like thinking about the things I do. I just want to have fun."
- to a Belgian journalist
• "I used to hate road cycling when I was younger."
• "I guess I still prefer mountain biking, but then, road cycling can make a living."
• "I don't think he's stronger than me."
- on Andre Greipel
• "I've had a lot of bike crashes. Once a car ran me over in a parking lot. I also had a head-on collision with a car and smashed through its front window. [laughs]"
• "I like this country!"
- after having won five of eight stages of 2012 Amgen Tour of California
• "I want to win everything!"
- when asked about his chances to be a world champion
• “To be honest, cycling is a boring sport to me. Boring to watch. When it’s on TV I watch only the last five kilometers or the final sprint. Nothing more. I just can’t stand watching it for 4 or 5 hours. That’s why I do these wheelies and victory celebrations at the finish. I do it all for people, to encourage their interest in the sport, to liven it up, to make it at least a bit exciting to watch. And yes, maybe then they’ll think ‘I hope Sagan wins today so we can see what he’s got for us this time’. I don’t mean to show disrespect to my competitors, I only want to bring some thrill into the sport because that’s what cycling lacks and needs so desperately. There will always be someone to criticize me for what I do, but I don’t care what they think.”
- at the press conference before Peter’s homecoming event on Aug 4, 2012
• "Cycling is a very tough sport. I wouldn't want my own kid, if I ever had one, to be a pro cyclist."
• “You have to be brash if you want to win."
• “I don't want to be compared to other riders. I want to be Peter Sagan."
• "I expected that I'd have to do a lot of training, cycling, winning. I didn't expect I'd have to do a lot of interviews."
• "Famous? Haha, I'm not famous."
• “The Olympic race is weird."
• “I’m glad so many people came to see the clown in green.”
- impressed by the high attendance at his homecoming event on August 4th, 2012
• "I have mostly noticed the road."
- when asked if he noticed Slovakian flags and fans lining the Olympic road
• “I’m so pissed off I don’t even wanna talk now! Once again someone wanted to lead the peloton and crashed and took down half the riders, including me. This is how it ends up when a rider who pushes his way in the front to win is someone who just doesn’t have what it takes!!! I just don’t understand what Farrar was doing there!!”
- frustrated after Stage 5 of the Tour de France, in which Tyler Farrar caused a crash in the final 3 kilometers
• “I did a Hulk expression because when he gets angry he turns green and more powerful. That was me today after yesterday’s stage. “
- relieved after winning Stage 6 of the Tour de France
• "I like green."
- after winning the TdF green jersey
• "You send me this video?"
- after seeing a journalist's video of him signing a female fan's breast
• "I'm certainly not a time trialist. But over short distances, like a prologue, I can maximize my power."
• "I'm a young guy. I still don't know what my limits are."
• "Everything is experience for the future. Today I realized that I can win a classic."
• "I do it like Forrest Gump. When they told him to run, he ran. When they tell me to win, I win."
• "Hello everyone, I'm Peter Sagan and I ride for Liquigas Cannondale and...that's al, heh."
- Peter's own self introduction in a video