“(Expletive) Lance Armstrong. I'm just tired of being told who to admire in this country. . . . I'll pick my own heroes, thanks.”
Comedian George Carlin during a routine at the local Civic Center; “Carlin's still vulgar, but endearingly so,” Peoria Journal Star, March 26, 2007.
He's probably making a point about the marketing of Armstrong rather than his actual successes in beating cancer and winning 7 Tours de France. Good way to get attention, though.
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