Valentino Garavani quotes - page 2

Valentino Garavani is an Italian fashion designer, renowned globally for his luxury brand Valentino. His distinctive style and elegant creations have influenced the world of haute couture for decades. He continues to be celebrated as one of the leading figures in international fashion. Here are 46 of his quotes:

Once the races begin it's more difficult and there is never that much time for testing. (Valentino Garavani)

To win the Championship in the first year will be hard. We need time to become competitive and win races.

Valentino Garavani

I have won on Honda and Yamaha so maybe it is interesting to win with a third team, Ducati, who are Italian.

Valentino Garavani

I have a lot of energy after 2 A.M. I like to sleep in the morning. I have some problems at the start of the day.

Valentino Garavani

Also, when I started racing he knew a lot of people and it was more easy for me to find the first bike, so I have a good chance for sure.

Valentino Garavani

In my opinion we are at the limit now, and 17 races is really too much. With all the testing that we do now, it means we're always on the bike and it's quite difficult.

Valentino Garavani

How do Ferrari know what I'm doing next year when I don't know what I'm doing next week?

Valentino Garavani

We have the 2004 M1 here for reference, which is useful. It worked well here last year; we won the race and always did fast lap times so it will be interesting to compare it to the new bike and it will help us to understand which parts have improved.

Valentino Garavani

But I could also start F1 or rallying. I love rallying much more.

Valentino Garavani

If I test the car for a year I can be quite competitive the next season.

Valentino Garavani

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

The work that we do during the winter is very important; we have a new bike and it's important to develop it during this time, and we start with this test.

Valentino Garavani

I don't like being famous - it is like a prison. And driving for Ferrari would make it far worse.

Valentino Garavani

I am able to ride the bike and think clearly about strategy and tyres. I also have positive thinking. I am very constructively critical.

Valentino Garavani

Fortunately during my career I have won more or less everything, so I need to enjoy it to have the right motivation.

Valentino Garavani

I didn't like the '80s at all; it was a vulgar moment of fashion.

Valentino Garavani

I always enjoyed myself a lot in pre-school.

Valentino Garavani

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.

Valentino Garavani

Maybe if Graziano make another work or another sport I wouldn't have had this passion to be a rider.

Valentino Garavani

I was lucky. My father raced bikes. He gave me the passion very early. I had my first bike when I was three or four years old.

Valentino Garavani

In 2002 the Yamaha was at more or less the same level as the Honda, better in some ways, worse in others. But in the winter of last year between 2002 and 2003, Honda made a big step forward and it seemed as if Yamaha couldn't quite match that improvement. (Valentino Garavani)

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Valentino Garavani

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Photo: RaúlBlancoRueda, CC BY-SA 4.0

Occupation: Italian Athlete
Born: February 16, 1979
Quotes count: 46

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