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I can only do what I can do.
Being married has helped my racing.
Your ambition outweighed your talent
My normal life is like being on holiday.
Endless motorbike talk can and does bore me.
I have broken my collarbone twice in a year.
I always enjoyed myself a lot in pre-school.
I decided there and then to sue the bastards.
I never really look too far ahead, to be honest.
The speed is something dangerous but very exciting.
With roadracing, it takes a lot more time and money.
I thought: This is not racing, it's a suicide mission.
Nobody within motorcycling has or deserves any respect.
Everyone seems quite good at stories and making them up.
It was nothing, just the normal thing to do at the time.
I'm not always going to keep waiting for a fairytale ending.
I'm Valentino Rossi. And I want to be a person, not an icon.
The idea here is simple, if you can dream it, it is possible.
People can be great competitors on Sunday and mates on Monday.
But I could also start F1 or rallying. I love rallying much more.
I'm done with F1 unfortunately. I'm too old, the train has passed
I didn't have a clue where I was going on my first lap of practice.
I'm very thoughtful, and when I make a decision I usually stick to it.
There is a grey blur, and a green blur. I try to stay on the grey one.
Don't wait for your ship to come in, swim out and meet the bloody thing.
I've always known there's more to life than just racing for a long time.
If you start with nothing and end up with nothing, there's nothing lost.
If I test the car for a year I can be quite competitive the next season.
The money doesn't interest me. I'm not enjoying MotoGP, and I'm retiring.
It wasn't about the money. I just wanted them to admit it was their fault.
I have been going from one racetrack to another for years, since I was 14.
I race to win. If I am on the bike or in a car it will always be the same.
So while I was studying, I rode my Trials bike, then I moved to roadracing.
It's quite easy to start Trials riding. You just need a bike and you're set.
It is a big problem and so I don't know for sure if I say yes or no to Ferrari.
People are telling me I might be going back to MotoGP, but a rumour is a rumour.
To be a great motorbike racer, the most important thing is passion for the bike.
Giving yourself threads doesn't mean you don't believe in yourself in my opinion.
The advantage of the rain is that, if you have a quick bike, there's no advantage.
There are a lot of good guys that I race against, and that's what I enjoy the most.
Riding a race bike is an art - a thing that you do because you feel something inside.
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They were ridiculous times. After I won my World Championship in 1976, I went to Japan.
Once the races begin it's more difficult and there is never that much time for testing.
How do Ferrari know what I'm doing next year when I don't know what I'm doing next week?
It's not as if there's a noise problem, because they use the same circuits as Formula One.
You live more for 5 minutes going fast on a bike than other people do in all of their life.
Maybe the bike is more dangerous, but the passion for the car for me is second to the bike.
I am focused on racing. I enjoy it. It's a great feeling to be back fighting for the title.
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