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Just got back from a showing of that "The Doctor, the Tornado, and the Kentucky Kid" movie, and they said something I certainly never would have guessed about Valentino. He is one of the 10 highest paid atheletes in the world! The boy pulls in $30,000,000/yr! I'd have figured some pro baseball/football/basketball players, maybe some European soccer players, maybe even an F1/NASCAR driver but certainly not a motorcycle racer!

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not a big rossi fan but that's cool.

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VermilionX wrote:
not a big rossi fan


Why not?

He is intelligent, polite and most of all he is not 10/10th's up himself.

Oh, and he can ride a bike like no other which he proved by moving to Yamaha and taking them to the top. I bet he could do it with Kawa too.

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I've heard he's cocky but I think that every racer has a bit of self pride to some degree, and they all want to win. I have lots of respect for him as being one of the few people who has truly "mastered" a GP bike.

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As a fan of racing for 25 years I have to say that he could be the best that there ever was. Cocky comes with this. You gotta love it in an age of P.C. post race interviews. I also think he (and Jeremy Burgess) could get it done on the Kawasaki. How can you not admire this talent?
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i didn't say i didn't like rossi. i just said im not a big fan. but yeah, i guess the way i said it makes it sound like i didn't like the guy.

and i do acknowledge him as being the best moto racer to date.

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Tossi has endorsed a silly ammount of things in Europe, especially Italy.

It's like he is on every second advert.

I remember Rossi being in the 125 and 250 classes. He isnt as interesting on the track thesedays as the racing I remember but he really is godlike.

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Tossi has endorsed a silly ammount of things in Europe, especially Italy.

It's like he is on every second advert.

I remember Rossi being in the 125 and 250 classes. He isnt as interesting on the track thesedays as the racing I remember but he really is godlike.


You must be referring to Valentweeno Tossi, which has no relation to Rossi...

I did notice that everything he wears is Italian. Dainese, AGV, etc. Guess he's just a patriot!

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I especially like his Nastro Azzurro Beer commercials :)

P.S. I have yet to meet an Italian that ISN'T cocky to some degree. Comes w/ the genes I think.

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