I'm really happy, and beating Marc [Marquez] at the very last chicane gives me an extra boost.

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.

She had died at age twelve, and by now she was nothing but the memory of love-- nothing, now, but bones.

I can't control the wind but I can adjust the sail.

If you want to do a few small things right, do them yourself. If you want to do great things and make a big impact, learn to delegate.

To me, a wise and humane policy is occasionally to let inflation rise even when inflation is running above target.

In order, in order to enforce you can't force people to act right toward each other. You can't force, you cannot legislate heart, conditions and attitudes.

I'm a huge fan of 1930s horror - Universal films. I grew up with them and I just absolutely love them.

The lecturer should give the audience full reason to believe that all his powers have been exerted for their pleasure and instruction.

We need to understand that every time an elementary teacher captures the imagination of a child through the arts or music of language this nation gets a little stronger.

With a lot of kids in the business, the parents get as twisted as they do, and there's a lot of opportunities to go their own way, but anyone has that opportunity.

I never completed high school and I am very rich and very successful.