I think it's better that way. I'm happy with the way my career went and ended and I'm not coming back.

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.

It gave me a chance to re-evaluate my life and my career. Cancer certainly gives things a new perspective. I would not have won the Tour de France if I had not had cancer. It gave me new strength and focus.

I appreciate the idea that anybody would think of me as a star. But I'm really not career oriented in the sense that I want to be a star. It's not in me. It's not what I do. In fact, I'm amazed that I've even gotten this far.

It was a crazy year, but it's been the best year of our career. It's going to be kind of sad for it to end, but, you know, we don't have any regrets.

Andre's been doing this for 20 years at the highest level, and you just can't argue with that,