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

“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.”

“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.”

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

“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 am not saying that Hitler was a choir boy. But I am saying, let him who was innocent in the Second World War cast the first stone.”

“Who I am as a guitarist is defined by my failure to become Jimi Hendrix.”

“Pride is ugly. It says, 'If you succeed, I am a failure.'”

“First of all, Saddam did not win the war, even though he says he did, I mean, you know, that's a joke and everybody in the world knows it.”

“The real peril of war lies not in military defeat. It lies in war itself, whether we win or lose.”

“Far better is it to dare mighty things, to win glorious triumphs, even though checkered by failure... than to rank with those poor spirits who neither enjoy nor suffer much, because they live in a ...”

“Feminity for me was discovering you when I took you for a ride on my Bajaj discover!”

“It's all part of my spirituality,as the wind softly kisses my face, and the world travels beneath me.”

“It's the ride of life the journey from here to there living and loving every moment like we have none to spare.”