Giving yourself threads doesn’t mean you don’t believe in yourself in my opinion.
VALENTINO ROSSIOur sport is dangerous. We risk the life out there, so we need to stay calm and focused and leave all the rest out.
More Valentino Rossi Quotes
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It is dangerous and unbelievably fast and entirely different from the kind of track I am used to racing on.
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I am completely focused on being strong, riding fast, and enjoying myself. With the new generation of riders, only the chronometer counts. I need to be faster than them on track.
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Maybe if Graziano make another work or another sport I wouldn’t have had this passion to be a rider.
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I’m Valentino Rossi. And I want to be a person, not an icon.
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I’m really happy, and beating Marc [Marquez] at the very last chicane gives me an extra boost.
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The great fights with your strongest rivals are always the biggest motivation. When you win easily it’s not the same taste.
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It’s a big, big advantage because understanding what changes we might make takes time and it takes time to work out settings and to understand everything about the new machine.
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To be a great motorbike racer, the most important thing is passion for the bike.
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I am able to ride the bike and think clearly about strategy and tyres. I also have positive thinking. I am very constructively critical.
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I’m done with F1 unfortunately. I’m too old, the train has passed.
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Fortunately during my career I have won more or less everything, so I need to enjoy it to have the right motivation.
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I’m lucky because I don’t feel too much pressure – it’s only in the last hour before the race, and even then it’s good, positive pressure.
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I have won on Honda and Yamaha so maybe it is interesting to win with a third team, Ducati, who are Italian.
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I race to win. If I am on the bike or in a car it will always be the same.
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We have the 2004 M1 here for reference, which is useful. It worked well here last year; we won the race and always did fast lap times so it will be interesting to compare it to the new bike and it will help us to understand which parts have improved.
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