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

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.

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.

I race to win. If I am on the bike or in a car it will always be the same.

To be wronged is nothing, unless you continue to remember it.

Our decade of change has unleashed the ingenuity, creativity, and character of the most extraordinary people in the world - the people of this state, who come from every corner of the globe.

I inherited depression from my mother's side of the family. Her father committed suicide. She committed suicide the year before I went to the moon.

Here is what is needed for Occupy Wall Street to become a force for change: a clear, and clearly expressed, objective. Or two.

We are more prone to generalize the bad than the good. We assume that the bad is more potent and contagious.

You need to become a winner to go beyond winning and losing.

Do the duty which lies nearest to thee.

There is a just God who presides over the destinies of nations, and who will raise up friends to fight our battles for us.

The central task of our time is to evolve a new system of world order based on principles of peace and justice.