Maybe if Graziano make another work or another sport I wouldn't have had this passion to be a rider.

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.

You're sad? I'll cheer you up. You're upset? I'd love to listen. All you have to do is come to me, you know I'll be there for you.

There is good in every year.

Why is it that one of the best songs in the world has to be written by the BeeGees?"Benedict

To die, to be really dead, that must be glorious.

People build up a picture of Johnny Depp as being some sort of weird pirate character. In reality he's incredibly nice... one of the nicest people I've ever met.

From which stars have we fallen to meet each other here?

I have not hated the man, but his faults.

All of my characters have a glint of madness.

Movies are movies. Some bend light through a lens. Some create moving images virtually. At the end of the day, movies are movies.

Let me therefore live as if every moment were to be my last.