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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.

Valentino Rossi

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Valentino Rossi
Age: 45
Born: 1979
Born: February 16
Motorcycle Racer
Motorcycle Rider
Race Car Driver
Racing Automobile Driver
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However I am looking forward to the two new Grands Prixs both Shanghai and Laguna Seca are fantastic tracks and it will be good to race at them.
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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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Barcelona is a special track. I have always loved the layout of the circuit, but also the atmosphere and the fans are special. It has always been good fun.
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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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If I test the car for a year I can be quite competitive the next season.
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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 race to win. If I am on the bike or in a car it will always be the same.
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The speed is something dangerous but very exciting.
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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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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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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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