What Lance Told Oprah
Top ten quotes from the groundbreaking interview.
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Oprah Gets Lance to Come Clean - In a groundbreaking interview with Oprah Winfrey, maligned cycling champion Lance Armstrong finally confessed that he used performance-enhancing drugs during his once storied career. — Naeesa Aziz(Photo: George Burns/Oprah Winfrey Network via Getty Images)
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Straight Dope - In the interview, Armstrong answered a clear "yes" after Oprah asked him whether he took banned substances such as testosterone, cortisone or Human Growth Hormone. (Photo: George Burns/Oprah Winfrey Network via Getty Images)
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Impossible - Oprah: Was it humanly possible to win the Tour de France without doping, seven times?Armstrong: Not in my opinion. I didn't invent the culture, but I didn't try to stop the culture.(Photo: OWN Network)
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At All Costs - Oprah: How important was winning to you and would you do anything to win at all costs?Armstrong: It was win at all costs. When I was diagnosed (with cancer) I would do anything to survive. I took that attitude — win at all costs — to cycling. That's bad. I was taking drugs before that but I wasn't a bully. (Photo: OWN Network)
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Cheater - Oprah: Did you feel in any way that you were cheating? You did not feel you were cheating taking banned drugs?Armstrong: At the time, no. I kept hearing I'm a drug cheat, I'm a cheat, I'm a cheater. I went in and just looked up the definition of cheat and the definition of cheat is to gain an advantage on a rival or foe that they don't have. I didn't view it that way. I viewed it as a level playing field. (Photo: OWN Network)
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