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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.

Valentino Rossi

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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Father Lucky Myself Passion Young
I have so much respect for my opponents; many of them watched the races as little children and were supporting me!
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Children Myself Race Respect Rival See Support
But I could also start F1 or rallying. I love rallying much more.
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Love Myself Option Start
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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Career Enjoyment Motivational Myself Need Win
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’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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Happiness Joy Live Memories Myself Positive Race Remember Win World
The speed is something dangerous but very exciting.
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Dangerous Excitement Speed
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
It is dangerous and unbelievably fast and entirely different from the kind of track I am used to racing on.
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Believe Dangerous Different Kind Myself Race
We kept on racing, doing something that Luis [Salom] loved. Fortunately or unfortunately, life goes on.
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Life Love 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
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’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
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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Development Important Time Work
Also, when I started racing he knew a lot of people and it was more easy for me to find the first bike, so I have a good chance for sure.
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Chance Easy Goodness Myself People Race Start
To win the Championship in the first year will be hard. We need time to become competitive and win races.
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Competition Hard Need Race Time Win

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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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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