The best Quotes by Valentino Rossi

The best Quotes by Valentino Rossi

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

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Motorbikes Racing

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

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

My normal life is like being on holiday.

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

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

Motorbikes Racing

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If I could marry my motorcycle, I'd roll her right up to the altar.

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"Because I let you."

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'Course I'm talking to myself. I'm a biker and sometimes, I need some expert's advice.

Bikers never become grey. That's chrome!

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I am a motorbike fanatic - always have been. It's actually what I wanted to do before I got into motor racing.

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The smell of fuel, driving on the limit on the edge of sliding, it just gives you a lot of adrenaline.

Max Verstappen

In the end, racing is about leaving work first.

Michael Schumacher

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Fatality is part of the game. We have to accept the element of risk that F1 shares with a sport like boxing.

Flavio Briatore

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But fame is a strange thing. Some men gain glory after they die, while others fade. What is admired in one generation is abhorred in another.

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There are eight million people in this city. And those teeming masses exist for the sole purpose of lifting the few exceptional people onto their shoulders.

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Only those who dare truly live.

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The Ferrari is a dream - people dream of owning this special vehicle and for most people it will remain a dream apart from those lucky few.

Enzo Ferrari

Competing in Formula 1 involves things I don't like anymore. Maybe they will be solved, but the will to do so has to become much stronger and lead to acting on it. Talking isn't enough anymore. The race has already begun.

Sebastian Vettel - July 2022, about retiring from Formula 1

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In the end, I think in F1 it is very hard for a girl.

Max Verstappen

I'm 74 and I don't have enough time left to waste it, waiting in waiting in front of a charging station.

Walter Röhrl

While accelerating, the tears of joy have to horizontally run towards your ears.

Walter Röhrl

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I've got my best race still ahead of me.

Sebastian Vettel - July 2022, about retiring from Formula 1

I will retire from competing in Formula 1 by the end of this year.

Sebastian Vettel - July 2022, about retiring from Formula 1

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If you're involved in motor racing, I think everyone dreams of competing in Formula One events one day. And that's my dream too.

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I always thought records were there to be broken.

Michael Schumacher

Every morning I wake up with new ideas.

Carroll Shelby

I never made a damn dime until I started doing what I wanted.

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Being second is to be the first of the ones who lose.

Ayrton Senna

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I have no idols. I admire work, dedication and competence.

Ayrton Senna

Straight roads are for fast cars, turns are for fast drivers.

Colin McRae

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At the end of the day, I got involved in all this because I enjoy driving cars and driving them as fast as possible. If I was going to be remembered for anything, I would like it to be for that.

Colin McRae

World Champion! This is just unbelievable. I started racing with my dad many years ago. We dreamed of becoming a World Champion - and now we are.

Max Verstappen - December 2021

If you start doubting yourself like that, thinking, 'Am I good enough?' - maybe there is a reason you're thinking that.

Max Verstappen

Drinking is much safer than sports. You can't get hurt, only hungover.

Kimi Räikkönen

Formula 1 would be a paradise without the media.

Kimi Räikkönen

Formula 1 is the second best thing in the world.

It's not easy to be perfect, but someone has to be.

The way I drive, the way I handle a car, is an expression of my inner feelings.

Lewis Hamilton

You can knock me down, but I get up twice as strong.

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You never win by yourself alone. The day you think otherwise is the day you'll start to lose.

Mika Häkkinen

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Second is the first of the losers.

Enzo Ferrari

Aerodynamics are for people who can't build engines.

Enzo Ferrari

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