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.
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.
More Valentino Rossi Quotes
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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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I would have probably stolen cars – it would have given me the same adrenaline rush as racing.
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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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I’m really happy, and beating Marc [Marquez] at the very last chicane gives me an extra boost.
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To be a great motorbike racer, the most important thing is passion for the bike.
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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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Maybe if Graziano make another work or another sport I wouldn’t have had this passion to be a rider.
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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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If I test the car for a year I can be quite competitive the next season.
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The speed is something dangerous but very exciting.
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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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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 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’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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It is dangerous and unbelievably fast and entirely different from the kind of track I am used to racing on.
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