152 Quotes by Valentino Rossi

When it's difficult like this, the taste (of winning) is better.

Today was a strange day because we all came back from the holidays and it felt like everybody was still in the beach rhythm!

Unfortunately, Sete had a problem, which was bad luck for him because he should have been on the podium. Anyway, this is a good win for me and now I just need one more for the title. But it is not over yet.

We still have quite a few problems with the vibration and this means that we can't use the bike to its full potential and make fast lap times. We've tried lots of changes to the set-up today - balance, suspension, but the problem remains. In some of the fast corners my speed is down by as much as 15 or 20kms. The good thing is that we're much better than yesterday and we've done some really good work within the team to make these improvements, but it's still not enough and some other riders are looking very strong.

This track is magic, it was a great race. I wasn't able to escape. Nicky had a great race and stayed right with me.

To relax, maybe start a family and live a normal life. This would be impossible to achieve in Italy, where I am asked constantly for my autograph.

(But Michael) Schumacher, I know well. We have a good relationship.

This was a fantastic first day for us, especially the afternoon,

We had a gearbox problem this morning ... so we probably lost about 15 minutes of the session,