It's disgusting, but my father taught me when your mouth gets dry, just suck the sweat out of your own jersey. There's no bravado to any of it; it's just a disgusting little trick.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
I am very superstitious. I trod on a wet towel before winning the Junior World Championships, and now I have to do that every time.
This is so dumb - once time I spray-tanned before a race, and I didn't shower, and I sweated the whole thing off on my car. It was so bad, I told a fan I would never do it again.
With my sport, I am outside and in the water, which can be really drying and damaging to the skin, so I try to be vigilant about taking good care of it.
When I was growing up, it was so embarrassing to be from Jersey.
I've been booed in Holland and in Uruguay - as a professional footballer, you need to have thick skin and just get used to it.
When a pitcher's throwing a spitball, don't worry and don't complain, just hit the dry side like I do.
If somebody in the crowd spits at you, you've got to swallow it.
I have always played into the belief that you are only ever borrowing the jersey; you never own the jersey because someone has gone before you and there is going to be someone after you, so it's a case of giving the jersey maximum respect.
I just don't like how long the jersey is. I don't like to tuck it in, so I like to tuck it up under.
If people really want to clean the sport of cycling up, all you have to do is put your money where your mouth is.