I like physical exercise. I actually like sports in general. I really like snowboarding and playing soccer, too.

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

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

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

I would have probably stolen cars - it would have given me the same adrenaline rush as racing.

I never race for records. The motivation to try to beat the record is not enough to continue. You have to enjoy it.

I'm very happy because I won a lot. I've won races and lived in a world that just gave me joy, so I remember it very positively.