I thought: This is not racing, it's a suicide mission.

I thought: This is not racing, it's a suicide mission.

I vowed I would do everything I could to stop the Isle of Man counting towards the World Championship. And it was stopped, so they love me in the Isle of Man.

I race in two or three classic races a year and I may carry on for 10 more years or I may stop tomorrow.

Endless motorbike talk can and does bore me.

Don't wait for your ship to come in, swim out and meet the bloody thing.

Nobody within motorcycling has or deserves any respect.