Riding a race bike is an art – a thing that you do because you feel something inside.
VALENTINO ROSSIThe speed is something dangerous but very exciting.
More Valentino Rossi Quotes
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To win the Championship in the first year will be hard. We need time to become competitive and win races.
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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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I don’t like being famous – it is like a prison. And driving for Ferrari would make it far worse.
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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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If I test the car for a year I can be quite competitive the next season.
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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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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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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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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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I would have probably stolen cars – it would have given me the same adrenaline rush as racing.
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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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Giving yourself threads doesn’t mean you don’t believe in yourself in my opinion.
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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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It is dangerous and unbelievably fast and entirely different from the kind of track I am used to racing on.
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