I don't like being famous - it is like a prison. And driving for Ferrari would make it far worse.

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.

Riding a race bike is an art - a thing that you do because you feel something inside.

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.

I have won on Honda and Yamaha so maybe it is interesting to win with a third team, Ducati, who are Italian.

It is a big problem and so I don't know for sure if I say yes or no to Ferrari.

How do Ferrari know what I'm doing next year when I don't know what I'm doing next week?

Once the races begin it's more difficult and there is never that much time for testing.

I'm Valentino Rossi. And I want to be a person, not an icon.

I race to win. If I am on the bike or in a car it will always be the same.

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.

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.

But I could also start F1 or rallying. I love rallying much more.

I always enjoyed myself a lot in pre-school.

We have the 2004 M1 here for reference, which is useful. It worked well here last year; we won the race and always did fast lap times so it will be interesting to compare it to the new bike and it will help us to understand which parts have improved.

I would have probably stolen cars - it would have given me the same adrenaline rush as racing.

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.

To win the Championship in the first year will be hard. We need time to become competitive and win races.

In 2002 the Yamaha was at more or less the same level as the Honda, better in some ways, worse in others. But in the winter of last year between 2002 and 2003, Honda made a big step forward and it seemed as if Yamaha couldn't quite match that improvement.

Maybe if Graziano make another work or another sport I wouldn't have had this passion to be a rider.

I don't like being famous - it is like a prison. And driving for Ferrari would make it far worse.

Fortunately during my career I have won more or less everything, so I need to enjoy it to have the right motivation.

Maybe the bike is more dangerous, but the passion for the car for me is second to the bike.

My normal life is like being on holiday.

The great fights with your strongest rivals are always the biggest motivation. When you win easily it's not the same taste.

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.

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.

Riding a race bike is an art a thing that you do because you feel something inside.

I dont like being famous it is like a prison. And driving for Ferrari would make it far worse.

Riding a bike is like an artsomething you do because feel something inside.

The speed is something dangerous but very exciting.

I can remember the frustration of not being able to talk. I knew what I wanted to say, but I could not get the words out, so I would just scream.

What I try to do for my readers is to pass on some of the things that I found out about being thirteen after doing it for forty years.

In this watering-place I acted an heroic character, badly studied; and being a novice on such a stage, I forgot my part before a pair of lovely blue eyes.

Young people discovering their sexuality must know they walk with a strong tradition and that they are not alone. They have a right to information without being pressured.

Being a publicist is like management in a lot of ways - you're their friend, you're their mother, you're their confidante.

I mean, all alternative comedy is are comedians that have being doing it for so long, for so long, that they were relaxed enough to start becoming personal on stage.

I became hooked on the idea of being able to shoot an image and process it myself, and end up with a product.

Being a cover artist is not like being a real artist. That's just copying what someone else did.

It is too maddening. I've got to fly off, right now, to some devilish navy yard, three hours in a seasick steamer, and after being heartily sick, I'll have to speak three times, and then I'll be sick coming home. Still, who would not be sick for England?

I don't like being recognised, I have no interest in being famous at all, I just do what I do. If I could be like Captain Kirk and beam myself up and then beam myself down, I would!

I'm glad I'm not Brezhnev. Being the Russian leader in the Kremlin. You never know if someone's tape recording what you say.

Being a musician is what I do, but it's not what I am.

We're all like children. We may think we grow up, but to me, being grown up is death, stopping thinking, trying to find out things, going on learning.

We've had it very clear to the Bosnians that our obligation to equip and train their forces is completely conditional on the foreign forces being gone.

My parents were amazing people who had no business being together - and they knew it.

Teachers started recognizing me and praising me for being smart in science and that made me want to be even smarter in science!