We kept on racing, doing something that Luis [Salom] loved. Fortunately or unfortunately, life goes on.
VALENTINO ROSSII never race for records. The motivation to try to beat the record is not enough to continue. You have to enjoy it.
More Valentino Rossi Quotes
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I don’t like being famous – it is like a prison. And driving for Ferrari would make it far worse.
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The most important thing is to have a good relationship with the bike you have to understand what she wants. I think of a motorcycle as a woman, and I know that sounds silly, but it’s true.
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I try to have a different relationship with the bike. I don’t give it a name, but I always speak with it. I don’t know if the other riders do the same. This is not only a piece of metal – there is a soul. The bike talks back too. But not with a voice, with the components.
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To be a great motorbike racer, the most important thing is passion for the bike.
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I would have probably stolen cars – it would have given me the same adrenaline rush as racing.
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I have designs I like applied to my helmet, motorcycle, riding suits, gloves,and boots. I have a designer friend of mine put the designs on them for me. I think a livery on the helmet is significant in expressing a rider’s personality.
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My approach to the races hasn’t changed in my 20-year career. If I have the chance to attack and to pass, I do it, trying to get the best possible result.
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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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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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You try to do a technical feature: in front of me I had a strong rider who brakes hard and it’s difficult to pass.
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The speed is something dangerous but very exciting.
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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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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 never race for records. The motivation to try to beat the record is not enough to continue. You have to enjoy it.
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