Lance Armstrong and Sally Jenkins
American cyclist Lance Armstrong won the tour de France on seven consecutive times from 1999 to 2005, but people uncovered evidence of performance-enhancing drug use and afterward stripped him of those titles in 2012.
Previously, Lance Armstrong (born Lance Edward Gunderson) also survived testicular cancer, a germ cell tumor that metastasized to his brain and lungs in 1996. His cancer treatments included brain and testicular surgery and extensive chemotherapy.
Since August 1998, he distributed, and people therefore erased his results and disqualified and banned from profession for life. He retired as a professional road racer.
* In 1999, the American broadcasting company named him as wide world of sports athlete of the year.
* In 2002, Sports Illustrated magazine named him sportsman of the year.
* Associated Press also named him its male athlete of the year for 2002, 2003, 2004, and 2005.
* He received the sports personality of the year overseas personality award of British broadcasting corporation in 2003.
* He received excellence in sports performance yearly award for best male athlete from entertainment and sports programming network in 2003, 2004, 2005, and 2006.
“The question that lingers is, how much was I a factor in my own survival, and how much was science, and how much miracle?I don't have the answer to that question. Other people look to me for the answer, I know. But if I could answer it, we would have the cure for cancer, and what's more, we would fathom the true meaning of our existences. I can deliver motivation, inspiration, hope, courage, and counsel, but I can't answer the unknowable. Personally, I don't need to try. I 'm content with simply being alive to enjoy the mystery.Good Joke:A man is caught in a flood, and as the water rises he climbs to the roof of his house and waits to be rescued. A guy in a motorboat comes by, and he says, "Hop in, I'll save you.""No thanks," the man on the rooftop says. "My Lord will save me."But the floodwaters keep rising. A few minutes later, a rescue plane flies overhead and the pilot drops a line."No, thanks," the man on the rooftop says. "My Lord will save me."But the floodwaters rise ever higher, and finally, they overflow the roof and the man drowns.When he gets to heaven, he confronts God."My Lord, why didn't you save me?" he implores."You idiot," God says. "I sent a boat, I sent you a plane."I think in a way we are all just like the guy on the rooftop. Things take place, there is a confluence of events and circumstances, and we can't always know their purpose, or even if there is one. But we can take responsibility for ourselves and be brave.”