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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
Motivation
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Winning
Fighting
Rivals
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Always
Strongest
Easily
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If I test the car for a year I can be quite competitive the next season.
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I don't like being famous - it is like a prison. And driving for Ferrari would make it far worse.
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I'm really happy, and beating Marc [Marquez] at the very last chicane gives me an extra boost.
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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'm Valentino Rossi. And I want to be a person, not an icon.
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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'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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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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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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I would have probably stolen cars - it would have given me the same adrenaline rush as racing.
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It's a big, big advantage because understanding what changes we might make takes time and it takes time to work out settings and to understand everything about the new machine.
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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 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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