I didn't care about goals or expectations anymore, I was just determined to race my heart out.

— David Millar

I didn't want to take it. I knew it was a powerful drug, but I also knew it was a catabolic drug that consumed the body.

— David Millar

I'd just killed some of the best riders in the world - and I was clean. I'd taken nothing - no EPO, no cortisone, no testosterone, no painkillers, no caffeine. Furthermore, I had justified to myself that I was a great rider without drugs - yet perversely given myself the green light to dope again. Furthermore, I'd proved what I could do clean - how much more could I do if I was doped?

— David Millar

If you're not at the front, you're not in the race.

— David Millar

I had grown used to getting a pat on the back and being told after a good result: 'Well done, David - you should be happy, you're the first clean rider.

— David Millar

I might have changed, but that did not mean the sport had.

— David Millar

It seemed romantic but also tragic - people would be winning but then lose it all, or crash but fight on, break bones but get back on their bikes and try to finish. Just getting to the end was seen as an achievement in itself.

— David Millar

It was ridiculous really. I had just won a major race despite not being in top form, yet I was going to dope.

— David Millar

It was very quiet at the hotel, as if there had been a death in the family. When you have quit the Tour, nobody really knows what to say or do. (...) Everything I'd previously achieved meant nothing; all I was now was a pro rider who couldn't finish the Tour de France.

— David Millar

I was awarded 'Most Aggressive Rider of the Day', generally given to the most spectacular loser of the day.

— David Millar