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.

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.

Upbeat people make us feel appreciated, important, and fantastic. These are the folks who expand and warm us with their positive energy.

It is the 'follow through' that makes the great difference between ultimate success and failure, because it is so easy to stop.

The nights I don't sleep it's because there's a higher calling telling me to stand guard.

There emanates from superlatives a destructive force.

There shall be no slave in your home, male or female: Least of all the mother of your son.

I am a Christian. That obliges me to be a Communist.

Stupid people shouldn’t breed.

I'ma call my guns jumpers, cause my bullets just leapin to 'em.

I can sell anything that I totally believe in but I’m a horrible salesman of something I don’t believe in

Youth is the seed time of good habits, as well in nations as in individuals.