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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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Valentino Rossi
Age: 45
Born: 1979
Born: February 16
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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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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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To win the Championship in the first year will be hard. We need time to become competitive and win races.
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In my opinion we are at the limit now, and 17 races is really too much. With all the testing that we do now, it means we're always on the bike and it's quite difficult.
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We kept on racing, doing something that Luis [Salom] loved. Fortunately or unfortunately, life goes on.
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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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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 like physical exercise. I actually like sports in general. I really like snowboarding and playing soccer, too.
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Giving yourself threads doesn't mean you don't believe in yourself in my opinion.
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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 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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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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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 am completely focused on being strong, riding fast, and enjoying myself. With the new generation of riders, only the chronometer counts. I need to be faster than them on track.
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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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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'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 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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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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It is dangerous and unbelievably fast and entirely different from the kind of track I am used to racing on
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