"There comes a point in every man’s life when he has to say, ‘Enough is enough.'"

"The toll this has taken on my family, and my work for our foundation and on me leads me to where I am today — finished with this nonsense."

Lance Armstrong gives up.

His decision means he will almost certainly be stripped of his seven Tour titles, the bronze medal he won at the 2000 Olympics and all other titles, awards and money he won from August 1998 on.