Our sport is dangerous. We risk the life out there, so we need to stay calm and focused and leave all the rest out.
VALENTINO ROSSII am focused on racing. I enjoy it. It’s a great feeling to be back fighting for the title.
More Valentino Rossi Quotes
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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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You look at Moto3, the races are very exciting. Moto2 is fantastic, and then MotoGP is boring.
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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 have won on Honda and Yamaha so maybe it is interesting to win with a third team, Ducati, who are Italian.
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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.
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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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We kept on racing, doing something that Luis [Salom] loved. Fortunately or unfortunately, life goes on.
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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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I like physical exercise. I actually like sports in general. I really like snowboarding and playing soccer, too.
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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 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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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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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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Giving yourself threads doesn’t mean you don’t believe in yourself in my opinion.
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