The Program Page #8

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And I guess

I just don't know how to quit.

(applause)

To stand here before you tonight

is an experience that fills me

with mixed emotion.

I stand before you an innocent man.

I am not a cheat.

I have not done

the things that they said I did

and I have not taken

the things that they said I took.

All I ask for is an honest inquiry

and a fair hearing

and I believe the truth will be

established beyond doubt.

I promise you, with your support

I will fight these terrible slurs

upon our name and prove to the world

they breed an honest boy

in Farmersville, Pennsylvania.

(applause)

How you doing?

Lance, this is Alberto Contador.

What?

(television noises)

(phone rings)

Hello, Lance.

Hi.

So am I going to race again?

What?

Am I going to race again?

I was on your team.

Yeah, you're right.

You were on my team. I know that.

We were on a team together.

And I worked hard for the team,

didn't I?

- Yeah, you worked very hard, Floyd.

- I mean I...

did everything I had to do, right?

Everything. Everything.

We all did, Floyd, you know, and...

we won.

It was a good time.

Yeah, sure. Sure it was.

It was a great time.

We were the best.

We were the blue train.

But where am I now?

Lance, where am I?

Where am I supposed to go now?

After all that I did, after all

I achieved, after all that I gave,

is this just me now?

Is this what I deserve now? (Staffers)

What am I going to do, Lance?

That's what I ask myself. This or that?

This or that? This or that?

What is it going to be?

- What do you want, Floyd?

- I wanna be in your team!

I wanna be in your team.

Again.

Well, that's difficult.

You got caught.

You tested positive.

I have to go, Floyd.

I have people waiting for me.

Of course, you got people...

you have people waiting for you.

Is there anything else?

No. Good luck, Lance.

["No Surprises" by Radiohead]

(commentator)

The face of Lance Armstrong,

who's come back to the Tour de France

after a four-year retirement,

can still climb like this.

(crowd shouts encouragement)

(commentator) Contador rode to his

second Tour de France win Sunday.

American Lance Armstrong came in third.

Contador and Armstrong were team-mates.

This year's champion opened up about

differences with the seven-time winner.

Contador said he and Armstrong

are totally incompatible.

(television interview continues)

Third.

(both laugh)

(attorney) Come in.

Come on in. Take a seat.

My name is Floyd Landis.

I'm a professional cyclist.

I know who you are.

As you may know, I've been accused of...

certain things

and I've been vigorously

contesting those accusations.

My perspective has changed

and I don't want to contest

those accusations any more.

I want to confess.

You wanna confess?

Yes.

Everything.

In no less than 1,000 pages of evidence

and testimony, including lab tests

and sworn statements

by Armstrong's team-mates,

the 41-year-old icon is painted as

both a user and a supplier for the team

of performance enhancing drugs.

He's also described as the leader

of what the USADA calls

the most sophisticated and

professionalized doping program

in recent sports history.

Lifetime?

I got a lifetime ban?

Bullshit.

I'm gonna help you clean up cycling

and I'm gonna compete again.

I mean, maybe I'll run

in the Chicago marathon

or I'll just race with my kids

in Austin.

But unless you're coming to me

with this promise, why am I here?

The most sophisticated doping program

in the history of sport.

Really?

East Germany ring a bell?

You guys don't hold

the keys to my redemption.

The only person who can do that...

Me. This guy right here.

And I can clean up the whole sport

without your help

because you're a bunch of amateurs.

I can't get up in the morning

unless I have something to live for.

That's training, competition.

I'm not training because I enjoy it,

I'm not training

because I wanna stay fit.

It's my whole...

my whole life.

It's what I do.

It's what I do.

(man) That's all for now, Mr Armstrong.

Thank you for your time.

(phone rings)

Lance, it's Bill. It's about Nike.

They thought you ought to know

before they go public.

They wanna stand by you, no question,

but it's just, I mean,

now's not so good, right?

So, what they're proposing

is a kind of separation,

Which I know sounds

like they're ditching you,

which in a sense they are.

Their statement will say

that it is with great sadness

and I think we can take something

from that.

But, great sadness that we have

terminated our contract with him

due to the seemingly

insurmountable evidence.

(reporter 1) The disgraced cyclist

Lance Armstrong

is said to be preparing to tell all.

He's chosen a confessional,

Oprah Winfrey's television show.

(reporter 2) And if the rumours are

true, he'll confess for the first time.

(reporter 3) Lance Armstrong

may finally be coming clean

about his use

of performance-enhancing drugs.

(Oprah Winfrey) Did you ever take

banned substances

to enhance your cycling performance?

Yes.

(Oprah) Yes or no. Was one of those

banned substances EPO?

(Lance) Yes.

(Oprah) Did you ever blood dope,

or use blood transfusions to enhance

your cycling performance?

Yes.

(Oprah) Did you ever use any other

banned substances, like testosterone,

cortisone or human growth hormone?

Yes.

Yes or no. In all seven of

your Tour de France victories

did you ever take banned substances

or blood dope?

Yes.

(Oprah) It's an epic story.

(Lance) This story was so perfect

for so long.

You win the Tour de France seven times,

you have a happy marriage,

you have children.

I mean,

it was just this mythic perfect story.

(Oprah) Yes.

And it wasn't true.

(heavy breathing)

["Everybody Knows" by Leonard Cohen]

Everybody knows

that the dice are loaded

Everybody rolls

with their fingers crossed

Everybody knows the war is over

Everybody knows the good guys lost

Everybody knows the fight was fixed

The poor stay poor, the rich get rich

That's how it goes

Everybody knows

Everybody knows

that the boat is leaking

Everybody knows the captain lied

Everybody got this broken feeling

Like their father

or their dog just died

Everybody talking to their pockets

Everybody wants a box of chocolates

And a long stem rose

Everybody knows

Everybody knows

Everybody knows

That's how it goes

Everybody knows

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