The great fights with your strongest rivals are always the biggest motivation. When you win easily it’s not the same taste.
VALENTINO ROSSIYou look at Moto3, the races are very exciting. Moto2 is fantastic, and then MotoGP is boring.
More Valentino Rossi Quotes
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Maybe the bike is more dangerous, but the passion for the car for me is second to the bike.
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I am completely focused on being strong, riding fast, and enjoying myself. With the new generation of riders, only the chronometer counts. I need to be faster than them on track.
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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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Also, when I started racing he knew a lot of people and it was more easy for me to find the first bike, so I have a good chance for sure.
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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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To be a great motorbike racer, the most important thing is passion for the bike.
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But I could also start F1 or rallying. I love rallying much more.
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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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To win the Championship in the first year will be hard. We need time to become competitive and win races.
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I’m done with F1 unfortunately. I’m too old, the train has passed.
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I feel 100% a Yamaha rider in my heart. I had a long career and raced with several factory bikes, but the highlight of my career is undoubtedly with Yamaha.
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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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The speed is something dangerous but very exciting.
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I’m Valentino Rossi. And I want to be a person, not an icon.
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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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