Lance Armstrong's doping denials through the years

"I came out of a life-threatening disease. I was on my death bed. You think I'm going to come back into a sport and say, 'OK, OK doctor, give me everything you've got, I just want to go fast?' No way! I would never do that." - public forum, Aspen, Colorado, 2007.

Photo: Lance Armstrong finishes the Power of Four Mountain Bike Race on Aspen Mountain on August 25, 2012 in Aspen, Colorado.

Credit: Photo by Riccardo S. Savi/Getty Images