Valentino Rossi Quotes

Again, racing for me was about energy management.

When you're riding, only the race in which you're riding is important.

My focus is definitely on the racing.

I just feel so confident when I get in my race car that I'm going to do good, I'm going to win, I'm going to outrun everybody.

I just try to go out there and be who I am and compete and bring home as many trophies as I can. That's what being a race car driver is all about and that's why I do what I do.

It's all about racing on the track.

There is no secret, once we go to qualifying, we all seem to enjoy it. Qualifying is all about putting everything that you have and that the car has in one lap. It's like a rush, I really enjoy that.

So much of my life is spent just focused on driving race cars.

I'm a racer at heart more than anything else, and that will always be my priority: competing. But ultimately, if you can't drive, you can still have the competitive spirit outside of a car.

I love racing and I love doing well.

I want to be up front racing.

Qualifying is all about putting everything that you have and that the car has in one lap. It's like a rush, I really enjoy that.

I didn't get into racing to make friends.

When I'm driving the race track, it's all about repetition.

Speed I like. I do love driving and I've had a couple of those experiences where you go to a track and can test cars around the track.

That's the thing with me being a former athlete: in the way I attack characters and attack poetry is from the base of being an athlete.

I think if you're a race car driver you want to succeed and be the best in your realm of racing.

Pretty much all the drivers I get on with, at least to say 'Hi' and have a conversation. But when the helmet's on, you don't care who it is. You have no sympathy: someone blows an engine in front of you, if it means you gain a position, then you're smiling.

I have a passion for racing, for competing and for fighting on the track.

We are all racers at heart, and what we want to see is out and out racing, and may the quickest man win.

I chase checkered flags.

Racing's my life.

I'd like to have some good races and score points.

The day I do get a championship-winning car, I will run with it. I will capitalise on every part of that beautiful thing.

I love racing.