A boo is a lot louder than a cheer.

You're going to have more rejection than acceptance.

Through my illness I learned rejection. I was written off. That was the moment I thought, Okay, game on. No prisoners. Everybody's going down.

Without the illness I would never have been forced to re-evaluate my life and my career. I know if I had not had cancer, I would not have won the Tour de France.

...if you live for people's acceptance, you'll die from their rejection.

Lukewarm acceptance is more bewildering than outright rejection.