Loris Karius Quotes

My father was a motorsports journalist and a motorbike fan. He gave me my motocross bike.

I begged my mom to let me start skating.

I was lucky. My father raced bikes. He gave me the passion very early. I had my first bike when I was three or four years old.

I played football at school - but it was something you had to do up in Lanarkshire. But my first love was always motorcycles, and at the age of 11 I went into the Scottish schoolboy motocross trials.

I love motocross and would love to have a go but I can't go anywhere near them in case I got injured.

Growing up my heroes were American motocross riders. I didn't want to be a drummer; I wanted to be a motocross rider.

I raced motocross; I raced for Suzuki when I was a kid.

We were both into motocross. My dad would wake me up at 6:30 on weekends, brew some coffee and make some sandwiches for us. Then we'd spend the day racing together. I know he had this reputation as being wild and irresponsible, but I never saw any of that.

My father got me involved in the game when I was four years old.

That is why, as soon as I felt a real attraction for my first passion which was the motorcycle, and in spite of the danger it could represent, they encouraged me.

It wasn't until I went to college and I got my first motorcycle that I understood the thrill of speed.

I've always like roadracing, but you know how it is in a family when you're young. They thought it was a little too dangerous so I started with Trials riding.

I like to dirt bike ride, four wheeler, go-kart.

I know what it's like to go very fast on motorcycles. Those moments, they stay with you.

My dad had a Vincent Black Shadow, which was a quite particular thing: it was the fastest cycle of its era... It sparked a world for me; when I was old enough, I got a motorcycle.

It was natural for me to go to local tournaments with my mother and watch my brothers compete and sometimes be left with my mom at home while my dad would take my brothers away to different tournaments and competitions. So I started doing everything they did.

I was really into motocross. I started racing when I was 10 years old and did very, very well. That was my dream, if anything, more than drumming.

I don't think my parents imagined I'd represent England when they first drove me to mini-rugby at Maidenhead. I was only five but mum lied about my age to get me out of the house.

I started in Grade 2. I went with my aunt and her boyfriend to an arena, an outdoor rink which was a block away from my grandparents. My grandpa came from Oregon. He had coached his son, my uncle, in hockey, and he was happy to get me involved in it.

I grew up playing defense all the time with my older brothers and the older players.

I bought my first dirt bike when I was 12, and I started racing motocross when I was 15 and started getting pretty successful. Then I started racing snowmobiles at 17 and decided I wanted to focus on that and see if I can make a career at it.

I started playing badminton when I was probably of eight years and ever since have been playing. I didn't go to university.

My family's been coming to my games since I was in grade school.

Short-circuit racing is full of health and safety, but the reason I ride a motorbike is because of the danger, and there is no place more dangerous than the TT.

I do want to race motorbikes when I retire.