Don't wait for your ship to come in, swim out and meet the bloody thing.
The advantage of the rain is that, if you have a quick bike, there's no advantage.
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.
Nobody within motorcycling has or deserves any respect.
Endless motorbike talk can and does bore me.
They were ridiculous times. After I won my World Championship in 1976, I went to Japan.
I race in two or three classic races a year and I may carry on for 10 more years or I may stop tomorrow.
