David Sharp > Quotes

“we all make mistakes, but if you don’t learn quickly enough, you’ll not survive in this sport.”
― David Sharp, Va Va Froome: The Remarkable Rise of Chris Froome

“try and do twenty-minute climbing intervals, riding at my heart-rate threshold of 150 until I get to almost the top of the climb and then I go over a little bit.”
― David Sharp, Va Va Froome: The Remarkable Rise of Chris Froome

“It made me realise that nothing comes easy; nothing is given to you. In Africa I realised you have to make things happen for yourself.”
― David Sharp, Va Va Froome: The Remarkable Rise of Chris Froome

“He set in place a system whereby every area of performance was explored. The idea was that if small percentage improvements were made in numerous areas – diet, psychology, aerodynamics, ergonomics – the cumulative improvement would be substantial. In a nutshell, if you did every little thing right then almost without noticing you could achieve something big.”
― David Sharp, Va Va Froome: The Remarkable Rise of Chris Froome

“Velocità ascensionale media – a term coined by the controversial Italian physician and coach Michele Ferrari, meaning average ascent speed in English and used to measure the speed of elevation gain, usually stated in units of metres per hour. It is a parameter used in cycling as”
― David Sharp, Va Va Froome: The Remarkable Rise of Chris Froome

“back of the team jerseys to serve as a constant reminder of the narrow margin between winning and losing, failure and success, between being good and becoming great.”
― David Sharp, Va Va Froome: The Remarkable Rise of Chris Froome