The real art of conversation is not only to say the right thing at the right place but to leave unsaid the wrong thing at the tempting moment.
History has neither the desire nor the capacity to make men better or worse; it merely records what they have been and what they have done.
The most successful leaders are those who listen—to patients, to scientists, and to their teams.
The truth is, if you asked me to choose between winning the Tour de France and cancer, I would choose cancer. Odd as it sounds, I would rather have the title of cancer survivor than winner of the Tour, because of what it has done for me as a human being, a man, a husband, a son, and a father.