Patrik Quotes & Sayings

The truth is that things were already going so poorly for me that nothing surprised me anymore. But then the BKA sent 20 agents to search my house. — Patrik Sinkewitz

The message I understood was this: Just don't get caught! — Patrik Sinkewitz

I've been writing songs on little pieces of paper since I was a little kid, and it's just always been something I've done. — Chris Carmack

I was a crazy Pee-wee Herman fan when I was in my early teens. Before he had the kids' TV show, he had a nightclub show in L.A., and I had gotten a VHS copy of it. It was a kids' show, but onstage in a bar, so it's sort of poking fun at the kids' show. And I was obsessed with that, and then 'Pee-wee's Big Adventure.' — Dallas Roberts

The rich rob the poor and the poor rob one another. — Sojourner Truth

Riches and power, what is there more in the world? For money answereth all things-that is, all but soul concerns. It can neither be a price for souls while here, nor can that, with all the forces of strength, recover one out of hell fire. — John Bunyan

If we look upon awaking as an end or a goal to be accomplished, we deny the truth of presence. — Albert Low

Judging is acting on a limited knowledge. Learn the art of observing without evaluating. — Pushpa Rana

The patient in the bed next to me told me that the newspapers were reporting on the test, and it was on television all day long. — Patrik Sinkewitz

I wouldn't call it an addiction. But the truth is, when you join a team as a new professional you encounter a system. As a young rider, older riders let you know how the business works. — Patrik Sinkewitz

This is a message to all those out there who think that you need animal products to be fit and strong. Almost two years after becoming vegan I am stronger than ever before and I am still improving day by day. Don't listen to those self proclaimed nutrition gurus and the supplement industry trying to tell you that you need meat, eggs and dairy to get enough protein. There are plenty of plant-based protein sources and your body is going to thank you for stopping feeding it with dead-food. Go vegan and feel the power! — Patrik Baboumian

I can count off on one hand the number of times I've used testosterone gel - because it doesn't really do much. — Patrik Sinkewitz

I made a big mistake. There's no doubt about it. But there have been positive testing cases in the past where the offender wasn't attacked to quite the same extent, especially not by other riders. — Patrik Sinkewitz

Strength must build up, not destroy. It should outdo itself, not others who are weaker. Used without responsibility, it causes nothing but harm and death. I can lift the heaviest weights, but I can not take the responsibility off my shoulders. Because the way we use our strength defines our fate. What traces will I leave on my path into the future? Do we really have to kill in order to live? My true strength lies in not seeing weakness as weakness. My strength needs no victims. My strength is my compassion. — Patrik Baboumian

I spent my first two years as a professional with Mapei in Italy, on their youth team. We rode in minor races. Doping wasn't an issue. S — Patrik Sinkewitz

I stayed in Hamburg a few more days, and during that time I received a visit from Rolf Aldag, the sporting director at T-Mobile. He advised me to tell the truth. — Patrik Sinkewitz

These are the four that are never content: that have never been filled since the dew began-
Jacala's mouth, and the glut of the kite, and the hands of the ape, and the eyes of Man. — Rudyard Kipling

Ampoules containing cortisone, testosterone gel residues, syringes and needles, a centrifuge for measuring my blood values.But, contrary to the erroneous reports in the press, they didn't find any EPO or growth hormone. — Patrik Sinkewitz

The crazy thing is that I really wasn't under any pressure. My contract wasn't going to expire until the end of 2008, and everyone was satisfied with me. But I wasn't. I always wanted to improve. — Patrik Sinkewitz

One day, I just thought, if you see a bird with a broken leg, you really have the urge to do something about it and help the bird, then at the same time you go to a restaurant and eat a chicken or something. It doesn't make any sense. — Patrik Baboumian

My mother had to justify the fact that she had heart pills. — Patrik Sinkewitz

I'm half Jewish half WASP. — Lena Dunham

I assumed the amount wouldn't be detectable. I also didn't feel that I had done anything wrong. — Patrik Sinkewitz

I wasn't in a position to defend myself. Sometimes it's a brutal profession. The first thing I thought of at the time was revenge. I have a more levelheaded take on the issue today. — Patrik Sinkewitz

'Facts, facts, facts,' cries the scientist if he wants to emphasize the necessity of a firm foundation for science. What is a fact? A fact is a thought that is true. But the scientist will surely not recognize something which depends on men's varying states of mind to be the firm foundation of science. — Gottlob Frege

You get to keep making art as long as you are willing to make the choices that let you make your art. — Seth Godin

I rubbed the contents of one bag onto my upper arm on the evening of June 7, just before I went to bed. I thought: Well, it can't hurt. I flushed the packaging down the toilet. — Patrik Sinkewitz

It's possible that the name Bettini came up at some point during a conversation with the German Cycling Federation's anti-doping commission, but I certainly didn't claim that he gave me any drugs. They made that up. Bettini warned me: If you said that, then things could get dangerous for you. — Patrik Sinkewitz

Riders called me up afterwards to say that they had had no other choice. I couldn't understand the way they changed their tune. — Patrik Sinkewitz

The world's strongest animals are plant eaters. Gorillas, Buffaloes, Elephants and me. — Patrik Baboumian

Of course they were saying: No doping! But as a rider, it's difficult to believe that things can really change from one day to the next. — Patrik Sinkewitz

My advice is flip a coin. If you regret the way it landed, then go with your gut. — Justin Kan