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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.

Valentino Rossi

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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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My approach to the races hasn't changed in my 20-year career. If I have the chance to attack and to pass, I do it, trying to get the best possible result.
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You try to do a technical feature: in front of me I had a strong rider who brakes hard and it's difficult to pass.
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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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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'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 am focused on racing. I enjoy it. It's a great feeling to be back fighting for the title.
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Also, when I started racing he knew a lot of people and it was more easy for me to find the first bike, so I have a good chance for sure.
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I feel 100% a Yamaha rider in my heart. I had a long career and raced with several factory bikes, but the highlight of my career is undoubtedly with Yamaha.
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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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Maybe if Graziano make another work or another sport I wouldn't have had this passion to be a rider.
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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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I like physical exercise. I actually like sports in general. I really like snowboarding and playing soccer, too.
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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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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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I'm Valentino Rossi. And I want to be a person, not an icon.
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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 race to win. If I am on the bike or in a car it will always be the same.
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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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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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