My job is to suffer. I make the suffering in training hard so that the races are not full of suffering." - Meaning and context.">
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As quoted in "10 questions for Lance Armstrong" by Bill Saporito in TIME magazine (28 September 2003)
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I'm not happy if I'm not doing some physical suffering, like going out on a bike ride or running. First, it's good for you. No. 2, it sort of clears my mind on a daily basis. And it's a job. My job is to suffer. I make the suffering in training hard so that the races are not full of suffering.

— Lance Armstrong

What It Means

This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "I'm not happy if I'm not doing some physical suffering, like going out on a bike ride or running. First, it's good for you. No. 2, it sort of clears my mind on a daily basis. And it's a job. My job is to suffer. I make the suffering in training hard so that the races are not full of suffering." in the context of "As quoted in "10 questions for Lance Armstrong" by Bill Saporito in TIME magazine (28 September 2003)" to mean that wisdom is timeless.

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About Lance Armstrong

Lance Edward Armstrong (born 18 September 1971) is an American former professional road racing cyclist. Armstrong had been declared winner of the Tour de France a record seven consecutive times between 1999 and 2005, before being disqualified from each of those races and banned from cycling for life for doping offenses by the United States Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) in 2012. He is the founder of the Lance Armstrong Foundation, later renamed Livestrong Foundation, for providing support for cancer patients.