However I Am Looking Forward

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.

You Need To Realise That, If You Want To Go On, You Have To Work Hard. If You Dwell Too Much On Your Past Successes And Say "well, I Have Won Nine World Titles And More Than 100 Races", You'd Rather Stay Home. The Sport, Your Rivals, The Tyres, Your Motorcycle, Everything Changes So Instead You Need To Work More To Be Stronger. If You Don't, You're Finished.

Our Sport Is Dangerous. We Risk The Life Out There, So We Need To Stay Calm And Focused And Leave All The Rest Out.

In My Opinion We Are At The Limit Now, And 17 Races Is Really Too Much. With All The Testing That We Do Now, It Means We're Always On The Bike And It's Quite Difficult.

I Have So Much Respect For My Opponents; Many Of Them Watched The Races As Little Children And Were Supporting Me!