Barry Sheene

I thought: This is not racing, it's a suicide mission.

I race in two or three classic races a year and I may carry on for 10 more years or I may stop tomorrow.

I vowed I would do everything I could to stop the Isle of Man counting towards the world championship. And it was stopped, so they love me in the Isle of Man.

You have to be a bastard to make it, and that's a fact. And the Beatles are the biggest bastards on earth.

The judge decided in this case that both the state and the defense would have the opportunity to respond to certain kinds of press. This is one such instance.

The press follow me. I sue them. That's the deal.