It's quite impossible( to predict), in three races, we will have completely different conditions, three different types of tracks, so I never do these types of calculation -- 99 percent of the time, it doesn't happen. Valentino Rossi More Quotes by Valentino Rossi More Quotes From Valentino Rossi You need a combination of many things to get good results. Experience is one of these, and it can be very useful at the right moment. I don't know if it helps to go faster, but for sure it's an important element that has helped me a lot. Being experienced helps you to make fewer mistakes when you are on track. This is the positive side for being around for so many years! Valentino Rossi trackmistakeyears 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. Valentino Rossi too-muchluckyrace I would have probably stolen cars - it would have given me the same adrenaline rush as racing. Valentino Rossi carracingsports I race to win. If I am on the bike or in a car it will always be the same. Valentino Rossi winningmotivationalsports 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 careersraceyears 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. Valentino Rossi designpersonalitythinking To win the Championship in the first year will be hard. We need time to become competitive and win races. Valentino Rossi racewinningsports How do Ferrari know what I'm doing next year when I don't know what I'm doing next week? Valentino Rossi ferrarinext-weekyears It is dangerous and unbelievably fast and entirely different from the kind of track I am used to racing on Valentino Rossi trackracingdifferent We kept on racing, doing something that Luis [Salom] loved. Fortunately or unfortunately, life goes on. Valentino Rossi life-goes-onracinggoes-on Nowadays, we have to deal with so many more factors that weren't there in the past. It's not enough to be a good rider, if you want to finish at the front. The riders have become incredible athletes. In the past, you could manage the race and fight only on the last laps. Now you need to train hard. You cannot allow yourself to go on track without being at 100 percent. Valentino Rossi fightingathletepast 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. Valentino Rossi ridersstrongtrying You look at Moto3, the races are very exciting. Moto2 is fantastic, and then MotoGP is boring. Valentino Rossi boringracelooks 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. Valentino Rossi passionsportsthinking 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. Valentino Rossi racejoyworld Once the races begin it's more difficult and there is never that much time for testing. Valentino Rossi difficultracesports It's a big, big advantage because understanding what changes we might make takes time and it takes time to work out settings and to understand everything about the new machine. Valentino Rossi machineswork-outunderstanding 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 ridingtrackstrong I have won on Honda and Yamaha so maybe it is interesting to win with a third team, Ducati, who are Italian. Valentino Rossi italianteamsports I don't like being famous - it is like a prison. And driving for Ferrari would make it far worse. Valentino Rossi ferraridrivingprison
