The "Best Rider Quotes" thread

[#22]

I just had an idea. Thanks to Jack Miller's epic put down of Neil Hodgson last year at PI. Anyone have/remember any epic rider quotes?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7aoHdpuJCrI

Nicky Hayden's "It Ain't Fishin'!" Quote from Barcelona 2006 sticks in my mind too.

 

[BarryMachine]

Ambition v'sing Talent comment is pretty up there and still brings a smile to many folks faces.

I've heard it in surprisingly un-mgp circles too, so it got an entry into mainstream life.

 

[#22]

Good point Bazza, I forgot that one.

 

[littlesparrows]

jack miller is actually hilarious - i came across this one on Chaz's instagram a while ago.

https://www.instagram.com/p/tcxhW4LBS_/?taken-by=chazdavies7&hl=en

 

[p4p1]

Jack is so Aussie, I love it.

 

[Motokitty]

Eugene Laverty is pretty funny too.

 

[AntG]

Didn't Barry Sheene once answer the question "What goes through your mind when you crash?" with "Your arse if you're going fast enough"

 

[MigsAngel]

I'm Valentino Rossi. And I want to be a person, not an icon.
Valentino Rossi
TOP 25 QUOTES BY VALENTINO ROSSI | A-Z Quotes


Your ambition outweighed your talent
Casey Stoner
http://www.azquotes.com/author/47089-Casey_Stoner


Nobody within motorcycling has or deserves any respect.
Barry Sheene
http://www.azquotes.com/author/25181-Barry_Sheene


There is a grey blur, and a green blur. I try to stay on the grey one...
Joey Dunlop
http://www.azquotes.com/author/47435-Joey_Dunlop

 

[povol]

"They dont pay me enough to ride that thing"
King Kenny

 

[SlartyBartFast]

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

My eyebrows involuntarily raised themselves to new heights when I read this one.

 

[mito gp]

Completely on topic here:
Whenever I read anything that was spoken by Rossi...I read it his voice.

Just me?

 

[Jumkie]

Completely on topic here:
Whenever I read anything that was spoken by Rossi...I read it his voice.

Just me?

So your inner voice is ....


"I'm quite unhappy with Elias today because I think he was quite dangerous, more than once he passed me on the inside and then altered his line. This is not a correct way to race." Valentino Rossi (Turkish GP 2006)

"At the beginning when you try the first time the 500, aw FAWK! Valentino Rossi

"That's why we line up on Sunday, you never know what's going to happen." Nicky Hayden.

"As a racer you always have that at the back of your mind. That you always wonder when's it gonna happen. Cause it will happen, you know you will fall off."
Wayne Rainey

"It's just like a video game that has... the element of danger." King Kenny Roberts

 

[Iowegian]

The "Best Rider Quotes" thread

Completely on topic here:

Whenever I read anything that was spoken by Rossi...I read it his voice.



Just me?

I do as well, usually preceded by "allora"

 

[Gaz]

Completely on topic here:
Whenever I read anything that was spoken by Rossi...I read it his voice.

Just me?

I reckon that is quite common, and not just Rossi but for many public type figures and animated characters



As for quotes

Mick Doohan - Darwin - '.... me that stripper has a great ...' (uttered immediately prior to being shown the exit door)

 

[Keshav]

"Casey Stoner; he rides like a God."

Valentino Rossi

 

[HelloMars]

Is this count?

"Valentino next year will be riding a competitive bike"

Carmelo Ezpeleta

 

[Barbedwirebikerr]

I had to unlike this so I could like it again.

 

[MdubSTYLIE]

Fruity rainbow helmet

 

[Gaz]

The money doesn't interest me. I'm not enjoying MotoGP, and I'm retiring. Casey Stoner

 

[Jumkie]

Fruity rainbow helmet

Listening to that interview brought back some hate. ....... de Analgelis.