How do Ferrari know what I’m doing next year when I don’t know what I’m doing next week?
VALENTINO ROSSII 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.
More Valentino Rossi Quotes
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I’m done with F1 unfortunately. I’m too old, the train has passed.
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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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It is dangerous and unbelievably fast and entirely different from the kind of track I am used to racing on.
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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 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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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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Maybe if Graziano make another work or another sport I wouldn’t have had this passion to be a rider.
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Our sport is dangerous. We risk the life out there, so we need to stay calm and focused and leave all the rest out.
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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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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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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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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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Once the races begin it’s more difficult and there is never that much time for testing.
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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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But I could also start F1 or rallying. I love rallying much more.
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