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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.

Valentino Rossi

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Valentino Rossi
Age: 45
Born: 1979
Born: February 16
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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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The tragic incident of Luis Salom reminds us that our sport, our passion, is dangerous. We know it but, in a way, we don't think about it.
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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 really happy, and beating Marc [Marquez] at the very last chicane gives me an extra boost.
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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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I'm Valentino Rossi. And I want to be a person, not an icon.
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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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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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