I race to win. If I am on the bike or in a car it will always be the same.
Barcelona is a special track. I have always loved the layout of the circuit but also the atmosphere and the fans are special. It has always been good fun.
I would have probably stolen cars - it would have given me the same adrenaline rush as racing.
I am focused on racing. I enjoy it. It's a great feeling to be back fighting for the title.
It is a big problem and so I don't know for sure if I say yes or no to Ferrari.
Riding a race bike is an art - a thing that you do because you feel something inside.
To be a great motorbike racer the most important thing is passion for the bike.
Maybe the bike is more dangerous but the passion for the car for me is second to the bike.
My father raced bikes. He gave me the passion very early. I had my first bike when I was three or four years old.
The most important thing is to have a good relationship with the bike... you have to understand what she wants. I think of a motorcycle as a woman and I know that sounds silly but it's true.
I am able to ride the bike and think clearly about strategy and tyres. I also have positive thinking. I am very constructively critical.
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.
Also when I started racing he knew a lot of people and it was more easy for me to find the first bike so I have a good chance for sure.
The work that we do during the winter is very important; we have a new bike and it's important to develop it during this time and we start with this test
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 feel 100% a Yamaha rider in my heart. I had a long career and raced with several factory bikes but the highlight of my career is undoubtedly with Yamaha.
You try to do a technical feature: in front of me I had a strong rider who brakes hard and it's difficult to pass.
My normal life is like being on holiday.
I am completely focused on being strong riding fast and enjoying myself. With the new generation of riders only the chronometer counts. I need to be faster than them on track.
I don't like being famous - it is like a prison. And driving for Ferrari would make it far worse.
Giving yourself threads doesn't mean you don't believe in yourself in my opinion.
I'm really happy and beating Marc [Marquez] at the very last chicane gives me an extra boost.
To win the Championship in the first year will be hard. We need time to become competitive and win races
Our sport is dangerous. We risk the life out there so we need to stay calm and focused and leave all the rest out.
As for the level of spectacle of the two disciplines I leave it to the people who watch the races to comment.
If I test the car for a year I can be quite competitive the next season.
I have a lot of energy after 2 A.M. I like to sleep in the morning. I have some problems at the start of the day.
It is dangerous and unbelievably fast and entirely different from the kind of track I am used to racing on
Once the races begin it's more difficult and there is never that much time for testing.
The speed is something dangerous but very exciting.
You look at Moto3 the races are very exciting. Moto2 is fantastic and then MotoGP is boring.
The great fights with your strongest rivals are always the biggest motivation. When you win easily it's not the same taste.
I always enjoyed myself a lot in pre-school.
Fortunately during my career I have won more or less everything so I need to enjoy it to have the right motivation.
We kept on racing doing something that Luis [Salom] loved. Fortunately or unfortunately life goes on.
How do Ferrari know what I'm doing next year when I don't know what I'm doing next week?
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.
I'm lucky because I don't feel too much pressure - it's only in the last hour before the race and even then it's good positive pressure.
I have won on Honda and Yamaha so maybe it is interesting to win with a third team Ducati who are Italian.
It's a big big advantage because understanding what changes we might make takes time and it takes time to work out settings and to understand everything about the new machine.
I'm very happy because I won a lot. I've won races and lived in a world that just gave me joy so I remember it very positively.
I'm Valentino Rossi. And I want to be a person not an icon.
The tragic incident of Luis Salom reminds us that our sport our passion is dangerous. We know it but in a way we don't think about it.
I'm done with F1 unfortunately. I'm too old the train has passed
Maybe if Graziano make another work or another sport I wouldn't have had this passion to be a rider.
I like physical exercise. I actually like sports in general. I really like snowboarding and playing soccer too.
But I could also start F1 or rallying. I love rallying much more.