An absolute hero when he was racing (for me anyway), and he has been more dignified than some I also admired (gardner and schwantz for instance) when interviewed about racing in his retirement, giving credit to current riders and not constantly referring back to how good he was as many , even if they were very good, do.
Getting drunk in a strip club on one occasion doesn't really detract from his legendary performances as a racer for me.
And yes he did whinge after races (often after winning), but so do most, even valentino has about the ducati. What he never whinged about was his crippling and horribly mismanaged leg injury, he just went back to racing and won 5 world championships despite it.
