How do Ferrari know what I’m doing next year when I don’t know what I’m doing next week?
VALENTINO ROSSII don’t like being famous – it is like a prison. And driving for Ferrari would make it far worse.
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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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.
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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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To be a great motorbike racer, the most important thing is passion for the bike.
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The 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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Maybe if Graziano make another work or another sport I wouldn’t have had this passion to be a rider.
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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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We kept on racing, doing something that Luis [Salom] loved. Fortunately or unfortunately, life goes on.
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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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Fortunately during my career I have won more or less everything, so I need to enjoy it to have the right motivation.
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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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I would have probably stolen cars – it would have given me the same adrenaline rush as racing.
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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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If I test the car for a year I can be quite competitive the next season.
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