The speed is something dangerous but very exciting.
VALENTINO ROSSITo win the Championship in the first year will be hard. We need time to become competitive and win races.
More Valentino Rossi Quotes
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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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I feel 100% a Yamaha rider in my heart. I had a long career and raced with several factory bikes, but the highlight of my career is undoubtedly with Yamaha.
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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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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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If I test the car for a year I can be quite competitive the next season.
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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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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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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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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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I would have probably stolen cars – it would have given me the same adrenaline rush as racing.
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The work that we do during the winter is very important; we have a new bike and it’s important to develop it during this time.
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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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I’m done with F1 unfortunately. I’m too old, the train has passed.
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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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I don’t like being famous – it is like a prison. And driving for Ferrari would make it far worse.
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Giving yourself threads doesn’t mean you don’t believe in yourself in my opinion.
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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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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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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 have so much respect for my opponents; many of them watched the races as little children and were supporting me!
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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 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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You look at Moto3, the races are very exciting. Moto2 is fantastic, and then MotoGP is boring.
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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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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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