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Motivation Quote by Valentino Rossi

"As for the level of spectacle of the two disciplines, I leave it to the people who watch the races to comment"

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Rossi’s line is a masterclass in competitive diplomacy: he dodges the bait while still letting the bait dangle. In motorsport, “spectacle” is never a neutral word. It’s code for entertainment value, TV ratings, overtaking, unpredictability - and, by extension, which series “matters” culturally. When Rossi says he’ll “leave it to the people who watch the races,” he’s not conceding the point so much as relocating the argument to the only courtroom that counts now: the audience.

The intent reads protective and strategic. As a rider whose fame helped define MotoGP’s global peak, Rossi knows how easily a discipline gets framed as either pure sport or packaged show. By refusing to grade “two disciplines,” he avoids an intra-motorsport culture war (often MotoGP vs. F1, or bike racing vs. car racing) that athletes get dragged into whenever a journalist wants a quote that can headline as a takedown.

The subtext is sharper: if spectacle is the metric, athletes don’t control it alone. Rules, budgets, tracks, broadcast direction, and the politics of sanctioning bodies shape what fans perceive. Rossi’s phrasing quietly points a finger at the architecture of racing rather than the talent of competitors. He’s also performing respect: you can hear the implied “I’m not here to insult anyone,” while still affirming that the viewer’s experience is the real product.

Context matters because Rossi emerged in an era when motorsport increasingly sold itself as narrative. By outsourcing judgment to fans, he stays above the feud and reminds everyone who ultimately keeps the lights on.

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APA Style (7th ed.)
Rossi, Valentino. (n.d.). As for the level of spectacle of the two disciplines, I leave it to the people who watch the races to comment. FixQuotes. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/as-for-the-level-of-spectacle-of-the-two-99628/

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Rossi, Valentino. "As for the level of spectacle of the two disciplines, I leave it to the people who watch the races to comment." FixQuotes. Accessed February 2, 2026. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/as-for-the-level-of-spectacle-of-the-two-99628/.

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"As for the level of spectacle of the two disciplines, I leave it to the people who watch the races to comment." FixQuotes, https://fixquotes.com/quotes/as-for-the-level-of-spectacle-of-the-two-99628/. Accessed 2 Feb. 2026.

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Valentino Rossi (born February 16, 1979) is a Athlete from Italy.

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