Quotations

«I don't want to start any rumours but I've had a word with Yamaha about Casey myself. I've put in a good word for him. I think anybody at this time would be crazy not to consider Casey for a MotoGP ride.»

«Basically, the old Aussie dollar took a dump and it was down to 54 cents when I bought it, and now it's back to 75 or 76. I've already made enough on it, and I'll hold on to it. It's one of those investments that I lucked into.»

«I expected a lot more from Phillip Island but we had problems from the first day,»

«It's amazing that I'm still in with a chance of second place in the championship and I still have two more chances to grab hold of it. Nicky Hayden, Marco Melandri and Max Biaggi seem to have been flip-flopping places all around me but I've stayed in there and there's only a few points in it. Thankfully I can say second place in the championship is still a realistic aim with two rounds to go and that is a credit to the whole team.»

«I can win a race before the end of the season»

«We're just kind of really starting to understand a few things,»

«It?s not front row, but it?s not the fifth row.»

«It doesn't matter if the noise comes from years of on-the-job exposure or from a source that isn't job-related.»

«It's not surprising that the longer that people are exposed to loud noise, the greater their chances become for developing the tumor.»

«We tested after Brno and I hope that we've solved the issues that followed us through the weekend. We really tried out a lot of things with the setting to try to fix the problem with traction and at the end of the two days I was feeling much happier about it. I think that we made some valuable progress with our race set-up, which will hopefully see us through to the end of the season. Fingers crossed, now we can really go for it over the last six races and try for the podium ? and the win ? everywhere! I've still got second place in the championship firmly in my sights.»