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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

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