Lance Armstrong: It Wasnt Legal But I Wouldnt Change A Thing

(The Guardian) Former cycling champion Lance Armstrong has said he wouldnt change a thing" about the doping that led to him being stripped of his record seven Tour de France titles according to details of an interview that will air next week. NBCSN owned by NBC Sports Group said on Thursday it would broadcast a 30-minute interview next Wednesday called Lance Armstrong: Next Stage in which the 47-year-old American discusses his career and the decisions he made. We did what we had to do to win. It wasnt legal but I wouldnt change a thing: whether its losing a bunch of money going from hero to zero" said Armstrong who overcame cancer to win the first of his seven consecutive Tour de France titles 20 years ago said in an excerpt of the interview provided by NBC Sports. Armstrong was stripped of his Tour de France titles and banned from the sport for life in 2012 after the International Cycling Union ratified the US Anti-Doping Agencys sanctions. The American later admitted to cheating in a January 2013 televised interview with Oprah Winfrey. Armstrong once a hero to millions suffered a spectacular fall from grace that costs him millions of dollars in lawsuits and endorsements. I wouldnt change a thing. I wouldnt change the way I acted. I mean I would but this is a longer answer" he said. Primarily I wouldnt change the lessons that Ive learned. I dont learn all the lessons if I dont act that way. I dont get investigated and sanctioned if I dont act the way I acted. If I just doped and didnt say a thing none of that would have happened. None of it. I was begging for I was asking for them to come after me. It was an easy target."