What if I had lost? What if I had relapsed and the cancer came back? I still believe I would have gained something in the struggle, because in what time I had left I would have become a more complete, a more compassionate and intelligent man; and therefore more alive. The one thing that illness has convinced me beyond a doubt - more than any experience I had as an athlete - is that we are much better than we know we are. We have unrealised capabilities that sometimes emerge only in a crisis. So if there is a purpose to the suffering that is cancer, I think it might be this; Its meant to improve us.
- The cereal box Chapter
- Its Not About the Bike - Lance Armstrong
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