From the Biaggi & Gibernau times I liked this one the most

ALL HONDA ARE BASTARDS

Something was said about Vale's choice to go to bridgestone, to wich vale replied (with a cheeky look on his face) - "I think I made the right choice". HEHE

' yes casey chosed different tires(soft ones), but im sure mine(choice) was better.'

I Still Love Hearing " This Is Racing Casey"

took a couple from a site I found after having written "valentino rossi quotes":

I don't like being famous - it is like a prison. And driving for Ferrari would make it far worse.

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


in the italian wikipedia quotes it's stated he said: "women are like journalists, when you're famouse they come (to you)". don't know if it's true, but even he said that I don't think he meant any disrespect towards females.



then again, he made me laugh lots of times in his interviews, but he said funny or sharable thing so many times -and that's why I like him- that I can't actually recollect anyone in special right now.

yes he said that! In his autobiography! I dont think he meant any disrespect either, but what he said is the truth.. some women flock to him becoz he became famous.

"I would have probably stolen cars - it would have given me the same adrenaline rush as racing."


"I don't like Formula 1 very much. If you take away Schumacher, then maybe Jacques Villeneuve and Juan Pablo Montoya, they're all the same. The cars have so much technology the drivers don't have to do anything. Even if I win many races , I still have to fight and we have overtaking and excitment"

"I try to have a different relationship with the bike. I don't give it a name, but I always speak with it. I don't know if the other riders do the same. This is not only a piece of metal - there is a soul. The bike talks back too. But not with a voice, with the components"


"It's nice to have on or two girls chasing you, but when there's one thousand, it's not good!

And then there is the gem of all quotes

"Passing Biaggi on the last lap was like the best orgasm" :

Yes I remember those quotes Maree....
I think I like the classic Estoril one.

I've nicked this from Ivonche's translation of latest marco article by Rossi. I just really like it.

I write from Sepang where I finished gaining my ninth victory. Nine is a number I like very much. I am very happy to have equalised the number of victories of 1999, 2003 and 2004. Now the goal is to come to your home to try winning the last test of the year.
I thought I have told you all, but I remembered that I have missed out on the most important. 2008 has been the year of Valentino Rossi’s return, but to be honest I could not have been able to return to the top of the world alone. I present you my team
Masao Furusawa, the big boss of Yamaha in MotoGP. He is a great person. He is a man of very little words, but when he speaks he says things clearly, precisely and directly. With him I always had a special relationship: we are always on the same wavelength, always agreeing. He says I remind him of himself when he was my age. For me that is a great honour because Furusawa-san enjoys the esteem of all that are working with him. It might be a coincidence but when Masao is at the track things are always better.
The big boss of my team and also the leader of the Yamaha M1 2008 project is called Masahiko Nakajima. He also says little like almost all the Japanese, but after five years of working together a look is enough to understand each other. He will never admit it but in Motegi, when I won the title, I saw his eyes shine for a little bit. For me they were tears of joy.
Now we go on to my real team, the ones I call the guys (even though they aren’t precisely young ones…).
Above all my team leader, Davide Brivio. You know him for sure because after me he is the one shown most on television. Davide is the person who five years ago had the dream to take me from Honda and get me to Yamaha. His dream became true and with him also the dream of winning three championships, each one more beautiful than the one before. Between Davide and I there is a great friendship and a great relationship. He is probably the best person in the world. Always calm and reflective.
The guru of the World Championship
My chief mechanic is called Jeremy Burgess. JB to his friends. Jeremy is the guru of the World Championship. If I am not mistaken he has won 13 titles and 151 races! When I went to Yamaha I managed that Jeremy followed me because I believe that JB is the absolute best in his field. I can’t imagine a box without Jeremy: where he is I will follow. And the other way around… JB is a master of the mechanics on a Sunday morning: more than once I have understood that during or after the warm-up Jeremy was able to find those 2 or 3 fundamental decimals for giving me the possibility to overtake and to win a race. In Jeremy I appreciate much his effort in adapting to the new MotoGP, with all the electronics.
One of the most beautiful moments is when during dinner I and JB find ourselves seated at the same table and start to talk about… bikes. There are so many stories that a whole book would not be enough to tell them all. Jeremy is like me: for him exists only the highest step of the podium.
My data acquisition technician is called Matteo Flamigni. And he is the magician of the electronics. His role has become very important. I always spend a lot of time with Matteo because he is the one who records all my moves on the bike. We say that Matteo is the black box of my M1. Nothing happens without him knowing it.
There are also my mechanics: Alex Briggs, Bernie Ansiau, Brent Stephens and Gary Coleman. They are able to mount and dismount my bike in record time. They surely are the best in the world. Alex, Bernie and Gary were in Honda and went to Yamaha with me, while Brent was already with Yamaha when we came there. I work with them for many years but we weren’t yet able to get together to see a race all together. Maybe one day when we are so old to continue doing that work we will get together in one of our houses and watch one in front of the television.
There is also Roberto Brivio, the team coordinator, whom I call Varenne like the very famous Italian race horse, he sees to the logistics. I know it is strange because even though I call him Varenne we are doing this for year, he says to me “Hello Varenne” and I respond “Goodbye Varenne”. Someone who hears us will think that we are crazy.
There are many other men. They are called Shigeto Kitagawa, the number two at Yamaha, Lin Jarvis, the head of Yamaha Motor Racing, Peter Baumgartner, the Bridgestone technician who is with me since the start of the year, Mike Norton, the Öhlins technician who attends to my suspensions, Hiroya Atsumi, my personal Japanese engineer… and many others, to name them all I would need the whole magazine. To all of them: never-ending thanks.

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> " When i get on my bike, I do it to ride to victory. "
> " Riding a race bike is an art - a thing that you do because you feel something inside. "