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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.

Valentino Rossi

I don’t like being famous – it is like a prison. And driving for Ferrari would make it far worse.
VALENTINO ROSSI

Drive Fame Myself Prison Worst
We kept on racing, doing something that Luis [Salom] loved. Fortunately or unfortunately, life goes on.
VALENTINO ROSSI

Life Love Race
To be a great motorbike racer, the most important thing is passion for the bike.
VALENTINO ROSSI

Greatness Important Passion Race
It is dangerous and unbelievably fast and entirely different from the kind of track I am used to racing on.
VALENTINO ROSSI

Believe Dangerous Different Kind Myself Race
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.
VALENTINO ROSSI

Improvement Race Time Understand Win Work
To win the Championship in the first year will be hard. We need time to become competitive and win races.
VALENTINO ROSSI

Competition Hard Need Race Time Win
I race to win. If I am on the bike or in a car it will always be the same.
VALENTINO ROSSI

Myself Race Win
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.
VALENTINO ROSSI

Appearance Design Expression Fashion Friendship Live Personality Ride
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.
VALENTINO ROSSI

Competition Different Mature Myself Position Role Young
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.
VALENTINO ROSSI

Chance Easy Goodness Myself People Race 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.
VALENTINO ROSSI

Development Important Time Work
It is dangerous and unbelievably fast and entirely different from the kind of track I am used to racing on.
VALENTINO ROSSI

Believe Dangerous Different Kind Myself Race
You look at Moto3, the races are very exciting. Moto2 is fantastic, and then MotoGP is boring.
VALENTINO ROSSI

Adventure Boredom Excitement Yourself
In my opinion we are at the limit now, and 17 races is really too much. With all the testing that we do now, it means we’re always on the bike and it’s quite difficult.
VALENTINO ROSSI

Difficult Limitation Myself Opinion Quite Race
Giving yourself threads doesn’t mean you don’t believe in yourself in my opinion.
VALENTINO ROSSI

Believe Myself Opinion Yourself
The 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 ROSSI

Dangerous Passion Sports Thinking Tragedy

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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