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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.

Valentino Rossi

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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Appearance Design Expression Fashion Friendship Live Personality Ride
I’m Valentino Rossi. And I want to be a person, not an icon.
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Identity Myself Person
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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Fans Fun Goodness Love Myself
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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Career Enjoyment Motivational Myself Need Win
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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Father Lucky Myself Passion Young
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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Action Funny Future Myself Work
If I test the car for a year I can be quite competitive the next season.
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Competition Myself Quite Season
To win the Championship in the first year will be hard. We need time to become competitive and win races.
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Competition Hard Need Race Time Win
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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Difficult Hard Myself Ride Strong Try
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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Development Important Time Work
I’m lucky because I don’t feel too much pressure – it’s only in the last hour before the race, and even then it’s good, positive pressure.
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Feeling Goodness Luck Myself Positive Pressure Race
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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Happiness Joy Live Memories Myself Positive Race Remember Win World
I’m done with F1 unfortunately. I’m too old, the train has passed.
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Myself Old Time Train
We kept on racing, doing something that Luis [Salom] loved. Fortunately or unfortunately, life goes on.
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Life Love Race
I would have probably stolen cars – it would have given me the same adrenaline rush as racing.
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Adventure Myself Race Theft
The great fights with your strongest rivals are always the biggest motivation. When you win easily it’s not the same taste.
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Competition Easy Fight Greatness Rival Strong Taste Yourself

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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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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