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What If I Had Never Tried It: The Autobiography
What If I had Never Tried It
is the first autobiography of arguably the world's greatest motorcycle road racing champion, Valentino Rossi. Certainly he is the greatest in modern times and similarly the best loved. This is the official, personal story: fast paced yet insightful.
Rossi’s record in the motorcycle road racing World Championship is supreme. First in the ultra-co ...more
Rossi’s record in the motorcycle road racing World Championship is supreme. First in the ultra-co ...more
Hardcover
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288 pages
Published
April 9th 2006
by Motorbooks
(first published 2002)
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VALENTINO ROSSI
lahir pada 16 Februari 1979, di Urbino, Italia. Ia memenangkan GP pertamanya pada umur 17 tahun, titel kejuaraan dunia pertamanya pada umur 18 tahun, dan kejuaraan MotoGP pertamanya pada usia 22 tahun. Ia kini membalap untuk Yamaha dan tinggal di London tengah.
Alam memberinya talenta dan ia melakukan sisanya.
Sewaktu kecil, ia hanya ingin menjadi pembalap sepeda tercepat. Impiannya menjadi juara dunia. Tetapi ia telah meraih lebih dari impian tertingginya : ia mendominasi berbaga ...more
Alam memberinya talenta dan ia melakukan sisanya.
Sewaktu kecil, ia hanya ingin menjadi pembalap sepeda tercepat. Impiannya menjadi juara dunia. Tetapi ia telah meraih lebih dari impian tertingginya : ia mendominasi berbaga ...more
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Gw fansnya Vale Rossi, waaay before dy jadi juara dunia motogp..
dan pernah ke sentul liat dy juara disana waktu gw masih SD, tentunya otobiografinya kudu wajib dibaca.
Gw yakin banget buku ini pasti BAGUS BANGET dalam bahasa ASLInya.. ato paling tidak dalam Bahasa Inggrisnya
cara berceritanya Vale banget, kocak dan full detil..
cerita masa kecil Vale yang bolak balik dikejar2 polisi, gara-gara balap mobil roda tiga liar, hi hi hi... lucu banget
SAYANGnya, buku yang ini, terjemahannya sumpah PARAAAA ...more
dan pernah ke sentul liat dy juara disana waktu gw masih SD, tentunya otobiografinya kudu wajib dibaca.
Gw yakin banget buku ini pasti BAGUS BANGET dalam bahasa ASLInya.. ato paling tidak dalam Bahasa Inggrisnya
cara berceritanya Vale banget, kocak dan full detil..
cerita masa kecil Vale yang bolak balik dikejar2 polisi, gara-gara balap mobil roda tiga liar, hi hi hi... lucu banget
SAYANGnya, buku yang ini, terjemahannya sumpah PARAAAA ...more
I was disappointed with this book. What could have been a really compelling and insteresting perspective read negatively. Rossi, one of the winningest MotoGP riders to compete sounds like a child. I am a huge Rossi fan. But what is in those pages only reinforces that no matter how much money, fame, or prestige you have, there is always something to complain about. Being a champion must be really difficult.
The writing was simple and many times stories were repeated. I couldn't help but hope for ...more
The writing was simple and many times stories were repeated. I couldn't help but hope for ...more
It was a good honest look into Valentino's life both before and during his racing. He's 36 yrs old now and is STILL racing competitively in the top world championship series MOTO GP...amazing.
Jan 27, 2014
Procyon Lotor
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Le biografie dei campioni, cos come quelle dei grandi artisti, tendono ad assomigliarsi nelle fondamenta e nella struttura. Gli Incerti Inizi, la Scoperta del Sacro Fuoco (Pneuma per i greci) gli Insperati Sviluppi, la Scoperta che Due Pi Due Non Fa Sempre Quattro, i Trucchi del Mestiere, i Pensieri Per il Futuro, gli Amici, gli Avversari, i Nemici, i Bastardi e Figli della Gran Puttana (scusate ma ho appena rivisto - per la forse quattordicesima volta, il Buono il Brutto il Cattivo). Non si sfu
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May 09, 2015
Chiara
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Questo libro è la Bibbia per ogni fan di Valentino Rossi.
Vengono raccontati sia fatti inerenti alla sua vita professionale, sia quella privata.
E' sia istruttivo, sia simpatico (ho perso il conto di quante volte ho letto la parte dell'apecar!!).
A dir la verità non è un capolavoro, ma personalmente non posso dare altro voto se non 5 stelle!!
Vengono raccontati sia fatti inerenti alla sua vita professionale, sia quella privata.
E' sia istruttivo, sia simpatico (ho perso il conto di quante volte ho letto la parte dell'apecar!!).
A dir la verità non è un capolavoro, ma personalmente non posso dare altro voto se non 5 stelle!!
Highly entertaining! If you're not a MotoGP fan, however, this is probably not the book for you. And certainly not for you if you aren't a Rossi fan. (How can you not be a Rossi fan? This is the GOAT we're talking about!)
Because the book is translated, prepare to ignore grammatical issues. In other words, this book should be read for Rossi's candor and insights into the world of MotoGP. Portions of the book covered stories I had already read elsewhere or viewed while watching Faster and Fastest ...more
Because the book is translated, prepare to ignore grammatical issues. In other words, this book should be read for Rossi's candor and insights into the world of MotoGP. Portions of the book covered stories I had already read elsewhere or viewed while watching Faster and Fastest ...more
Sampai manakah batasan-mu mengagumi seseorang?
Well, i really don't know about that. Yang jelas walau apapun yang terjadi pada karir MotoGP-nya aku tetep selalu akan dukung VR46! Entah yang mana dulu yang membuatku jatuh cinta, Italia atau Vale?
Yang jelas buku ini asyik, seru, lucu. Membuat kita mengerti banyak soal balap motor, MotoGP dan seorang Valentino Rossi. Ada satu pemikiran dari Vale yang aku suka yaitu ngebut di jalanan itu lebih berbahaya daripada ngebut di sirkuit. Yup, pembalap senja ...more
Well, i really don't know about that. Yang jelas walau apapun yang terjadi pada karir MotoGP-nya aku tetep selalu akan dukung VR46! Entah yang mana dulu yang membuatku jatuh cinta, Italia atau Vale?
Yang jelas buku ini asyik, seru, lucu. Membuat kita mengerti banyak soal balap motor, MotoGP dan seorang Valentino Rossi. Ada satu pemikiran dari Vale yang aku suka yaitu ngebut di jalanan itu lebih berbahaya daripada ngebut di sirkuit. Yup, pembalap senja ...more
Okay, I'll warn you now, I'm an avid Rossi fan so this review is probably a little on the biased side...
This is Valentino writing in his own words, telling his own story how he wants to tell it, from his point of view. He pulls no punches and doesn't shy away from the mischief and reckless behaviour he and his friends exhibited during their youth (which makes a refreshing change for an autobiography) or from the changes he has made during his racing career. Each page is packed with Rossi's own p ...more
This is Valentino writing in his own words, telling his own story how he wants to tell it, from his point of view. He pulls no punches and doesn't shy away from the mischief and reckless behaviour he and his friends exhibited during their youth (which makes a refreshing change for an autobiography) or from the changes he has made during his racing career. Each page is packed with Rossi's own p ...more
Yo !! I am back. After short exile I am back and kicking. YAY!!
Ok, cutting the cheese and Coming to point. I ordered this book from Flipkart and to be honest, when it arrived I was kind of disappointed since, I was expecting it be a bit thick flooded with photographs and some hot babes!!. Neither thick nor hot babes hmmmm thats bad and the yellow paper jacket makes the matters even worse.
Ok now that was before I had never tried opening the book. I open it , flipped few pages and things were not ...more
Ok, cutting the cheese and Coming to point. I ordered this book from Flipkart and to be honest, when it arrived I was kind of disappointed since, I was expecting it be a bit thick flooded with photographs and some hot babes!!. Neither thick nor hot babes hmmmm thats bad and the yellow paper jacket makes the matters even worse.
Ok now that was before I had never tried opening the book. I open it , flipped few pages and things were not ...more
buku ini secara keseluruhan menceritakan tentang kebimbangan vale untuk pindah dari repsol honda ke yamaha. honda yang notabene sedang di atas angin karena memperoleh gelar juara dunia mendapat kabar bahwa vale akan pindah ke yamaha. vale berkali-kali berdiskusi dengan sang ayah graziano dan sang mekanik jeremy burgess. yamaha saat itu memang masih tim underdog yang tdk di unggulkan secara kemampuan mesin. tapi bukan valentino rossi namanya kalau tdk mau mengambil resiko. setelah melalui diskusi
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Meski nggak sreg dengan terjemahannya, buku ini bacaan menarik buat pemerhati olahraga balap.
Salah satu hal yang ditekankan dari bab pertama adalah alasan Valentino Rossi pindah dari tim Honda ke tim Yamaha. Ego pembalap Rossi terluka karena Honda (dan kebanyakan orang) menganggap ia bisa mendominasi kejuaraan karena motor Honda yang ditungganginya yang hebat, bukan karena skill-nya sebagai pembalap. Maka untuk membuktikan bahwa skill pembalap lebih menentukan kemenangan daripada motor, ia pind ...more
Salah satu hal yang ditekankan dari bab pertama adalah alasan Valentino Rossi pindah dari tim Honda ke tim Yamaha. Ego pembalap Rossi terluka karena Honda (dan kebanyakan orang) menganggap ia bisa mendominasi kejuaraan karena motor Honda yang ditungganginya yang hebat, bukan karena skill-nya sebagai pembalap. Maka untuk membuktikan bahwa skill pembalap lebih menentukan kemenangan daripada motor, ia pind ...more
This book is Amazing. It has been the best autobiography that I have ever read. It gives you a raw inside into the best Motocyclist in the world. It has the charm and humour that is Valentino Rossi, and I found myself laughing out loud many times. You find yourself in his place and thinking how he thinks whilst riding or just simply looking at a bike. You feel the trapped life of someone famous, the ups and downs of doing something no racer has ever done before (leaving the best team in the worl
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I loved it! But I am a huge Rossi fan, so I am biased. However, this book made me feel I was Valentino's friend and confidant... not a racing fan, so much. I really enjoyed growing up with him, and understanding him in a way I could never hope to do, by watching him on tv. I wouldn't read this book if you only care about the racing. I think anyone could read it and be inspired by his charisma and wit. I hope he does another soon, so we can learn what he's learned on the downside of his career. H
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Valentino je jezdec, ne spisovatel, a na stylistice knihy to jde poznat (i když možná v tom prsty i překladatel). Ale co, ta knížka je úžasná a mě bavila od začátku až do konce. Valentino je prostě Valentino. (A miluji jeho opilý zažítek se Suzuky a pád do květináče. A nejen to.)
First things first: I am a huge Valentino Rossi fan. I don't really want to be his best friend, but I love watching him race, and I love to see him win, and I'm fascinated with not only his career, but his openness and candor about it.
Second, I will say that you always have to read a translated book with a grain of salt. Sometimes things just sort of sound funny after translation.
That being said, I didn't enjoy this book as much as thought I would, but I'm really glad that I read it. a chapter ...more
Second, I will say that you always have to read a translated book with a grain of salt. Sometimes things just sort of sound funny after translation.
That being said, I didn't enjoy this book as much as thought I would, but I'm really glad that I read it. a chapter ...more
The only sporting autobiography that I've ever read, I originally bought this as a present for someone else. I have only been a MotoGP fan since around the time Rossi joined 500cc, but when this book was laying around, I thought I'd give it a whirl - and I'm glad I did. Although the English is quite obviously a translation, the style of writing is very much like Rossi's style of speaking English - very easy to get along with. Each chapter reads almost like a single book in itself as they are not
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Non e' sicuramente un capolavoro della letteratura, ma e' un volume che non puo' mancare nello scaffale di una persona che , come me, si sgola davanti alla tv e si mette in piedi sul divano ad ogni sorpasso.
Content great. The most bizarre order, not sequential in the slightest. Nor does it follow any pattern. It seems to jump around all over the place and consequently I found it a difficult read.
Penggemar Valentino Rossi wajib baca buku ini. Pertamanya saya pikir akan nemu banyak sisi pribadi Rossi yang misterius dan jarang diketahui publik, secara ini kan buku biografinya dia. Tapi ternyata buku ini lebih banyak mengulas tentang karirnya sebagai pembalap dan beberapa kenangan masa kecilnya di Tavullia. Secara keseluruhan, buku ini menarik karena kita seperti melihat dunia motoGP dari kacamata Valentino Rossi. Di buku ini juga diceritakan alasan kenapa pada tahun 2004 VR memilih pindah
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Rossi, the first entertainer in motosport that i knew. Starting watch him ride, makes me fall in love to the motorsport event. Until now, he still my number one favorite rider.
This book describe the beginning of his career on motosports. From rebelious teenager to one of the phenomenon in MotoGP history. His winning records to 2005(?) season are completed recorded through this book. There are some gossips also (well it is he's saying afterall) about his confrontation with Biaggi (which previousl ...more
This book describe the beginning of his career on motosports. From rebelious teenager to one of the phenomenon in MotoGP history. His winning records to 2005(?) season are completed recorded through this book. There are some gossips also (well it is he's saying afterall) about his confrontation with Biaggi (which previousl ...more
Fascinating insight to the Greatest motorcycle racer of all time
Kang Ociiiii...*lovestruck*
G baca ebooknya dan tak lengkap pulak! Huuuu...*niat nyari bukunya sampe dapet!*
Walaupun begitu, g merasa sangat terhibur. Kang Oci memang orang yang unik, selain sebagai rider sejati yang menganggap sikap mental sebagai harga mati, sepertinya dia juga sadar kalo dia seorang entertain. Dia adalah sosok yang memiliki mental J U A R A ! ! !
Hehehe...makin nagis keknya stoner kalo baca buku ini :p
kang ociiiiiiiii...*love love love*
Hehehe...tetep! ga peduli apa kata orang! ...more
G baca ebooknya dan tak lengkap pulak! Huuuu...*niat nyari bukunya sampe dapet!*
Walaupun begitu, g merasa sangat terhibur. Kang Oci memang orang yang unik, selain sebagai rider sejati yang menganggap sikap mental sebagai harga mati, sepertinya dia juga sadar kalo dia seorang entertain. Dia adalah sosok yang memiliki mental J U A R A ! ! !
Hehehe...makin nagis keknya stoner kalo baca buku ini :p
kang ociiiiiiiii...*love love love*
Hehehe...tetep! ga peduli apa kata orang! ...more
A glimpse on VR46's life and how it was like to become a MotoGP world champion for a living.
buku ini berkisah tentang profil seorang jawara dalam balapan motor (motoGP), sang doktor adalah julukannya di raih dalam usia muada, mengalahkan para jawara yang mapan terdahulunya..... ada prinsip2 hidup yang mesti menjadi pilosphy kita adalah....kita tidak akan pernah bisa jika tidak mencobanya..... berusaha dan berjuang hingga batas akhir kemampuan kita..biasanya di akhir batas itu ada keajaiban yang dari tampa kita sadari....ini adalah anugerah
Nov 22, 2011
Ashleigh Falconer
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This book was absolutely amazing. Whilst I was reading it I couldn't put it down, and once I'd finished it I was devastated.
Each page was bursting with his personality, and you were lead through the book with a smile on your face. Rossi has a superb sense of humour, and a way with words that compels you to keep on reading.
I would recommend this book to anyone. I'm not a huge fan of MotoGP, but I still enjoyed it immensely.
Each page was bursting with his personality, and you were lead through the book with a smile on your face. Rossi has a superb sense of humour, and a way with words that compels you to keep on reading.
I would recommend this book to anyone. I'm not a huge fan of MotoGP, but I still enjoyed it immensely.
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“Luck is one thing. It has always been there, it has always been a part of my success. It's a part of everyone's success. Without it, you can't be successful. But luck is something you have to stimulate, something you have to nurture through the choices you make...That's why things have always worked out for me. Things work out not just because I'm lucky, but because I plan ahead. I figure out what I want and I go for it. I've always spent a lot of time trying to surround myself with the right people, the kinds of teammates who could lead me to my goals.”
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