Maybe if Graziano make another work or another sport I wouldn’t have had this passion to be a rider.
VALENTINO ROSSIMaybe if Graziano make another work or another sport I wouldn’t have had this passion to be a rider.
VALENTINO ROSSIGiving yourself threads doesn’t mean you don’t believe in yourself in my opinion.
VALENTINO ROSSII have so much respect for my opponents; many of them watched the races as little children and were supporting me!
VALENTINO ROSSIIt’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.
VALENTINO ROSSII 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.
VALENTINO ROSSIThe 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 ROSSII 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.
VALENTINO ROSSII don’t like being famous – it is like a prison. And driving for Ferrari would make it far worse.
VALENTINO ROSSII’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.
VALENTINO ROSSITo be a great motorbike racer, the most important thing is passion for the bike.
VALENTINO ROSSIIt is dangerous and unbelievably fast and entirely different from the kind of track I am used to racing on.
VALENTINO ROSSII’m Valentino Rossi. And I want to be a person, not an icon.
VALENTINO ROSSIWe kept on racing, doing something that Luis [Salom] loved. Fortunately or unfortunately, life goes on.
VALENTINO ROSSII never race for records. The motivation to try to beat the record is not enough to continue. You have to enjoy it.
VALENTINO ROSSII 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.
VALENTINO ROSSIThe 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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