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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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Rossi
Taste
Winning
Fighting
Rivals
Great
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Strongest
Easily
Biggest
Motivation

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I have always challenged myself and it's also important to learn from the rivals. Every rider has his own style, and you have to count on some elements that cannot be changed. On the contrary, the bike or the tires can change and it's important to adapt yourself. It's up to the rider to understand what he can change and how much he can adapt.
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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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Maybe if Graziano make another work or another sport I wouldn't have had this passion to be a rider.
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I am focused on racing. I enjoy it. It's a great feeling to be back fighting for the title.
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Motivation is the key. More than training, more than experience or age, motivation counts. You have to ask yourself: 'Why am I racing?' I race because I like it, because I'm really enjoying it. I like to set up my bike and ride it on track. After 20 years in the GPs I'm still highly motivated. Everything else is a consequence.
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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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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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To be a great motorbike racer, the most important thing is passion for the bike.
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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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If I test the car for a year I can be quite competitive the next season.
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The speed is something dangerous but very exciting.
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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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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'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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