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Valentino Rossi

To be a great motorbike racer, the most important thing is passion for the bike.
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Greatness Important Passion Race
I race to win. If I am on the bike or in a car it will always be the same.
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Myself Race Win
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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Best Career Chance Change Myself Possible Race Result Try
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
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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Calm Dangerous Focus Leaving Life Need Ourselves Peace Risk Sports Stay
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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Myself Positive Ride Strategy Thinking
But I could also start F1 or rallying. I love rallying much more.
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Love Myself Option Start
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
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
We kept on racing, doing something that Luis [Salom] loved. Fortunately or unfortunately, life goes on.
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Life Love Race
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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Big Change Time Understand
The speed is something dangerous but very exciting.
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Dangerous Excitement Speed
I am focused on racing. I enjoy it. It’s a great feeling to be back fighting for the title.
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Enjoyment Feeling Fight Focus Greatness Myself Race
In 2009, I didn’t like that Yamaha signed such a young and competitive teammate [Jorge Lorenzo]. But now everything is different. We are more mature. Everyone knows his role and position. Things are clear.
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Competition Different Mature Myself Position Role Young
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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Children Myself Race Respect Rival See Support
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

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