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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.

Valentino Rossi

But I could also start F1 or rallying. I love rallying much more.
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Love Myself Option Start
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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Goodness Important Myself Relationship Sound Thinking True Understand Woman
The speed is something dangerous but very exciting.
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Dangerous Excitement Speed
You try to do a technical feature: in front of me I had a strong rider who brakes hard and it’s difficult to pass.
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Difficult Hard Myself Ride Strong Try
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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Difficult Limitation Myself Opinion Quite Race
I am focused on racing. I enjoy it. It’s a great feeling to be back fighting for the title.
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Enjoyment Feeling Fight Focus Greatness 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.
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Improvement Race Time Understand Win Work
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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Change Different Dreams Myself Team Win
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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Feeling Goodness Luck Myself Positive Pressure Race
Riding a race bike is an art – a thing that you do because you feel something inside.
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Art Feeling Race Ride Yourself
Once the races begin it’s more difficult and there is never that much time for testing.
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Beginning Difficult Race Time
I never race for records. The motivation to try to beat the record is not enough to continue. You have to enjoy it.
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Defeat Enjoyment Enough Motivational Race Record Try Yourself
I’m Valentino Rossi. And I want to be a person, not an icon.
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Identity Myself Person
You look at Moto3, the races are very exciting. Moto2 is fantastic, and then MotoGP is boring.
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Adventure Boredom Excitement Yourself
I like physical exercise. I actually like sports in general. I really like snowboarding and playing soccer, too.
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Exercise Myself Play Sports
I am completely focused on being strong, riding fast, and enjoying myself. With the new generation of riders, only the chronometer counts. I need to be faster than them on track.
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Fast Focus Myself Ride Strong

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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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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