I race to win. If I am on the bike or in a car it will always be the same.
VALENTINO ROSSII have won on Honda and Yamaha so maybe it is interesting to win with a third team, Ducati, who are Italian.
More Valentino Rossi Quotes
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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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I would have probably stolen cars – it would have given me the same adrenaline rush as racing.
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Riding a race bike is an art – a thing that you do because you feel something inside.
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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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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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Giving yourself threads doesn’t mean you don’t believe in yourself in my opinion.
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Once the races begin it’s more difficult and there is never that much time for testing.
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You look at Moto3, the races are very exciting. Moto2 is fantastic, and then MotoGP is boring.
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In 2002 the Yamaha was at more or less the same level as the Honda, better in some ways, worse in others. But in the winter of last year between 2002 and 2003, Honda made a big step forward and it seemed as if Yamaha couldn’t quite match that improvement.
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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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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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It is dangerous and unbelievably fast and entirely different from the kind of track I am used to racing on.
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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 was lucky. My father raced bikes. He gave me the passion very early. I had my first bike when I was three or four years old.
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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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