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

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.

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.

Whether we like it or not, one day science will take God from us! This will be especially a great destruction for the weak minds!

Why have I spent so long settling for less when I know damn well the world expects more?

No situation is beyond the strength within.

The more you keep your religious beliefs concealed from others, the lesser religious conflicts occur in the society.

The scholar does not consider gold and jade to be precious treasures, but loyalty and good faith.

I do not want to believe in God. Therefore I choose to believe in that which I know is scientifically impossible, spontaneous generation leading to evolution.

I always worried I'd forget my lines or say the wrong words or the audience would laugh in the wrong places.

I went to art school for fine art and then I started doing performance art, and then I started making fun of performance art, and it turned into comedy.

All broken relationships can be traced back to broken agreements

Love creates new form, changes matter, and holds the cosmos together beyond time and space. It's in every one of us. It's what God is.