Also, when I started racing he knew a lot of people and it was more easy for me to find the first bike, so I have a good chance for sure.
VALENTINO ROSSII’m very happy because I won a lot. I’ve won races and lived in a world that just gave me joy, so I remember it very positively.
More Valentino Rossi Quotes
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The speed is something dangerous but very exciting.
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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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Maybe the bike is more dangerous, but the passion for the car for me is second to the bike.
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I’m Valentino Rossi. And I want to be a person, not an icon.
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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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In my opinion we are at the limit now, and 17 races is really too much. With all the testing that we do now, it means we’re always on the bike and it’s quite difficult.
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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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The tragic incident of Luis Salom reminds us that our sport, our passion, is dangerous. We know it but, in a way, we don’t think about it.
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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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How do Ferrari know what I’m doing next year when I don’t know what I’m doing next week?
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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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I have so much respect for my opponents; many of them watched the races as little children and were supporting me!
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Barcelona is a special track. I have always loved the layout of the circuit, but also the atmosphere and the fans are special. It has always been good fun.
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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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Our sport is dangerous. We risk the life out there, so we need to stay calm and focused and leave all the rest out.
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