The speed is something dangerous but very exciting.
VALENTINO ROSSIHow do Ferrari know what I’m doing next year when I don’t know what I’m doing next week?
More Valentino Rossi Quotes
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I am focused on racing. I enjoy it. It’s a great feeling to be back fighting for the title.
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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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It is dangerous and unbelievably fast and entirely different from the kind of track I am used to racing on.
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Giving yourself threads doesn’t mean you don’t believe in yourself in my opinion.
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I’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.
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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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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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If I test the car for a year I can be quite competitive the next season.
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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.
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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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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 race to win. If I am on the bike or in a car it will always be the same.
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We kept on racing, doing something that Luis [Salom] loved. Fortunately or unfortunately, life goes on.
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But I could also start F1 or rallying. I love rallying much more.
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