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

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

The most important thing is to have a good relationship with the bike... you have to understand what she wants. I think of a motorcycle as a woman, and I know that sounds silly, but it's true.

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

The speed is something dangerous but very exciting.

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

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

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.

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

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

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

The best boss is the one who bosses the least.

We're all stumbling in the dark, and that makes for some pretty interesting collisions.

Im thankful for my songs being at the top of the charts but I am human - I think people still have to remember that.

I'm also doing a special for Comedy Central called Autobiography. It's going to be a spoof of Biography.

I've never been a social bunny. I thrive on work.

Small change can often be found under seat cushions.

the touch of evil poisons by the idea of it. Reject the idea, and you've rejected the evil

Isn't it strange that ... people build walls to keep an enemy out, and there's only one part of the world and one philosophy where they have to build walls to keep their people in

Do nothing because it is righteous or praiseworthy or noble to do so; do nothing because it seems good to do so; do only that which you must do and which you cannot do in any other way.

I was always fascinated by diagramming a sentence. Because that is going into a space, going into a world of language.