I'm Valentino Rossi. And I

To Win The Championship In The First Year Will Be Hard. We Need Time To Become Competitive And Win Races.

However I Am Looking Forward To The Two New Grands Prixs Both Shanghai And Laguna Seca Are Fantastic Tracks And It Will Be Good To Race At Them.

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

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

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.