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If I test the car for a year I can be quite competitive the next season.

Valentino Rossi

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Valentino Rossi
Age: 45
Born: 1979
Born: February 16
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Riding a race bike is an art - a thing that you do because you feel something inside.
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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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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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The great fights with your strongest rivals are always the biggest motivation. When you win easily it's not the same taste.
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How do Ferrari know what I'm doing next year when I don't know what I'm doing next week?
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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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I'm Valentino Rossi. And I want to be a person, not an icon.
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Maybe the bike is more dangerous, but the passion for the car for me is second to the bike.
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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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But I could also start F1 or rallying. I love rallying much more.
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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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I have designs I like applied to my helmet, motorcycle, riding suits, gloves,and boots. I have a designer friend of mine put the designs on them for me. I think a livery on the helmet is significant in expressing a rider's personality.
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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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In 2009, I didn't like that Yamaha signed such a young and competitive teammate [Jorge Lorenzo]. But now everything is different. We are more mature. Everyone knows his role and position. Things are clear.
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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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To be a great motorbike racer, the most important thing is passion for the bike.
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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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In 2002 the Yamaha was at more or less the same level as the Honda, better in some ways, worse in others. But in the winter of last year between 2002 and 2003, Honda made a big step forward and it seemed as if Yamaha couldn't quite match that improvement.
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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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