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The speed is something dangerous but very exciting.

I have a lot of energy after 2 A.M. I like to sleep in the morning. I have some problems at the start of the day.

Giving yourself threads doesn't mean you don't believe in yourself in my opinion.

Riding a race bike is an art - a thing that you do because you feel something inside.

It is dangerous and unbelievably fast and entirely different from the kind of track I am used to racing on

I have won on Honda and Yamaha so maybe it is interesting to win with a third team, Ducati, who are Italian.

It is a big problem and so I don't know for sure if I say yes or no to Ferrari.

To win the Championship in the first year will be hard. We need time to become competitive and win races.

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

I never race for records. The motivation to try to beat the record is not enough to continue. You have to enjoy it.

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.

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.

I am able to ride the bike and think clearly about strategy and tyres. I also have positive thinking. I am very constructively critical.

To be a great motorbike racer, the most important thing is passion for the bike.

I like physical exercise. I actually like sports in general. I really like snowboarding and playing soccer, too.

Our sport is dangerous. We risk the life out there, so we need to stay calm and focused and leave all the rest out.

I'm Valentino Rossi. And I want to be a person, not an icon.

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.

We kept on racing, doing something that Luis [Salom] loved. Fortunately or unfortunately, life goes on.

If I test the car for a year I can be quite competitive the next season.

I don't like being famous - it is like a prison. And driving for Ferrari would make it far worse.

You look at Moto3, the races are very exciting. Moto2 is fantastic, and then MotoGP is boring.

Maybe if Graziano make another work or another sport I wouldn't have had this passion to be a rider.

I am Valentino Rossi. If I stay in MotoGP it is to try to win. When that is not possible it is time to stay at home and work in the garden!

How do Ferrari know what I'm doing next year when I don't know what I'm doing next week?

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.

I always enjoyed myself a lot in pre-school.

My normal life is like being on holiday.

As for the level of spectacle of the two disciplines, I leave it to the people who watch the races to comment.

I'm done with F1 unfortunately. I'm too old, the train has passed

But I could also start F1 or rallying. I love rallying much more.

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.

The great fights with your strongest rivals are always the biggest motivation. When you win easily it's not the same taste.

Once the races begin it's more difficult and there is never that much time for testing.

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.

I would have probably stolen cars - it would have given me the same adrenaline rush as racing.

My father raced bikes. He gave me the passion very early. I had my first bike when I was three or four years old.

Fortunately during my career I have won more or less everything, so I need to enjoy it to have the right motivation.

I race to win. If I am on the bike or in a car it will always be the same.