Although they became (an𓄧d remain) fierce rivals, Marquez grew up regarding 𒉰Rossi as a hero.

In 2013, with Rossi returning to Yamaha after two ill-fated years at Ducati, Marquez d☂ebuted in the premier class and took it by storm to claim the championship.

“I am eight-times world champion, six times in𒆙 MotoGP,” Marquez said. 

“I cannot describe my personality.ꦺ Here, it looks like I am quiet. But on the track it is the opposite. Like day and night.

“When I arrived in MotoGP, I was a big surprise for everybody because I won ♒in the first year against my idol𓄧s - Valentino Rossi, Dani Pedrosa, Jorge Lorenzo.

“When I was a kid I☂ had posters, and I played in video games as, Valentino Rossi.

“Then in 2013 I won the category. In my c❀areer this was the biggest thing I did.”

Rossi would n📖ever win another premier ꦬclass championship with Marquez in the mix.

Marquez racked up six - and although he remains stuck on that tally amid the most testing period of his career - he has explained the mentality of be♚ing a champion.

“To 🍷be a world champion, or to be the best, it is not necessary to be the fastest guy on the trac💛k,” he said.

“Yo🅺u need to be smart, fast, to have talent, to be a worker. To combine all of these things.

“I saw ♎some guys who were faster than me when we were kids, but they didn’t manage the situation. They didn’t arrive in the world champ🐼ionships.

“You need to be very smart. Attack the moment.

“Think only about you. Because the others want to take your𓂃 back, they want to take yo🤡ur place.

“You don’t have friends.

“I am a competitor. The ambition is there. 🍸It w🌞as always there, since I was a kid.

“I can never have enough. If I have somethi🎃ng, I want mor💟e.

“If I am fast, I want to be faster.

“I’m a natural competitor. T🅰his is something you are born with.

“When you are four or five years old, if I lost a game to my father or grandfather, I was crying! I was born with this mental𒐪ity.”