I think the secret is to understand that you still want to be part of the game. To do so, you have to forget all the victories you've managed to get in the previous years and have a great humility. You also need to realise that, if you want to go on, you have to work hard. If you dwell too much on your past successes and say "well, I have won nine world titles and more than 100 races", you'd rather stay home.

Our sport is dangerous. We risk the life out there, so we need to stay calm and focused and leave all the rest out.

In 2009, I didn't like that Yamaha signed such a young and competitive teammate [Jorge Lorenzo]. But now everything is different. We are more mature. Everyone knows his role and position. Things are clear.

You look at Moto3, the races are very exciting. Moto2 is fantastic, and then MotoGP is boring.

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.

I am focused on racing. I enjoy it. It's a great feeling to be back fighting for the title.

It is dangerous and unbelievably fast and entirely different from the kind of track I am used to racing on