``Life is not a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body.

  But rather to skid in broadside, thoroughly used-up, totally worn-out, and loudly proclaiming:
 

           WOW  ---  What A Ride!!"

The below 2 pics were snapped from the early stages of the 2004 Tour de France.

The above 1st pic of a rider from Rabobank might epitomise the afore-mentioned philosophy about 'giving it your all', even if it entails a few 'lumps 'n bumps'. 

But the below pic, where the poor unfortunate seems to be left-for-dead, definitely don't imbue the afore-mentioned ethos, predicated upon the fundamental building block that we only got one life, so pack as much in as you can.   But not if you are going to end-up like the below TdeF competitor.