Our sport is dangerous. We risk the life out there, so we need to stay calm and focused and leave all the rest out.
VALENTINO ROSSIThe speed is something dangerous but very exciting.
More Valentino Rossi Quotes
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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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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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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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I would have probably stolen cars – it would have given me the same adrenaline rush as racing.
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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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We kept on racing, doing something that Luis [Salom] loved. Fortunately or unfortunately, life goes on.
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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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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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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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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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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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It is dangerous and unbelievably fast and entirely different from the kind of track I am used to racing on.
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But I could also start F1 or rallying. I love rallying much more.
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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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You look at Moto3, the races are very exciting. Moto2 is fantastic, and then MotoGP is boring.
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