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Maybe the bike is more dangerous, but the passion for the car for me is second to the bike.

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
Urbinus
Rossi
Dangerous
Maybe
Passion
Bike
Car
Second

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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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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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You look at Moto3, the races are very exciting. Moto2 is fantastic, and then MotoGP is boring.
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I am able to ride the bike and think clearly about strategy and tyres. I also have positive thinking. I am very constructively critical.
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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 Valentino Rossi. And I want to be a person, not an icon.
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It is dangerous and unbelievably fast and entirely different from the kind of track I am used to racing on
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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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Our sport is dangerous. We risk the life out there, so we need to stay calm and focused and leave all the rest out.
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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 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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The work that we do during the winter is very important we have a new bike and it's important to develop it during this time.
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To win the Championship in the first year will be hard. We need time to become competitive and win races.
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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 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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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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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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We have the 2004 M1 here for reference, which is useful. It worked well here last year we won the race and always did fast lap times so it will be interesting to compare it to the new bike and it will help us to understand which parts have improved.
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I have won on Honda and Yamaha so maybe it is interesting to win with a third team, Ducati, who are Italian.
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But I could also start F1 or rallying. I love rallying much more.
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