My approach to the races hasn't changed in my 20-year career. If I have the chance to attack and to pass, I do it, trying to get the best possible result.

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.

Parenthood...It's about guiding the next generation, and forgiving the last.

Sometimes you simply made the wrong choice and you had to live with it. You could only change the future.

The truth of a myth...is not in its words but its patterns.

The tillage of the soil occupies the vast majority of those who work for their own bread.

I am addicted to sport. Without sport, I feel bad.

He is a good man, who can receive a gift well. We are either glad or sorry at a gift, and both emotions are unbecoming.

Southampton have always been at the top, apart from the seasons when they weren't.

You cannot decree women to be sexually free when they are not economically free.

Bella, it's not my fault if you are exceptionally unobservant.

No woman should ever lift more than 3lbs