Have patience with the ignorant. John Canzano does not consider Armstrong an athlete because "he rides a bicycle." After all, Canzano considers himself a writer, even though he doesn't know the definition of the word, "athlete."

If Canzano were to be more honest, he would have said something like, "I thought I knew everything about sports until I watched the Tour de France. That's when I discovered I didn't know enough about the sport of cycling to make any intelligent comments."