I like physical exercise. I actually like sports in general. I really like snowboarding and playing soccer, too.
VALENTINO ROSSIFortunately during my career I have won more or less everything, so I need to enjoy it to have the right motivation.
More Valentino Rossi Quotes
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I’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.
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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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It is dangerous and unbelievably fast and entirely different from the kind of track I am used to racing on.
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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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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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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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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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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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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 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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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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I am still here because I like to prove myself. I still like to ride the bike on track and enjoy the races. I still have good reasons to be in racing after so many years.
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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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