Jack Miller: “They tell you ‘you may be killed’ - I lost friends, broke bones”

The KTM MotoGP rider has been riding bik🐻es since he was🌠 two, and racing since he was a seven-year-old.
He has offered a s😼tartling revelation🦩 of the mentality needed to conquer fear.
“In Australia, where I grew up, before every race, you do a rid꧂er’s briefing,” Miller told .
“And they te𝄹ll you: ‘You may be killed or injured; your machine may be damaged or destroyed’.
“That’s something that burns itself in the back of yo🔯ur brain - and I’ve broken well over 30 bon💫es, and lost some really great friends.
💜“But did I ever think about quitting the sport? Does it even pop into my mind? Never.
“That can happen with the things you love: You’re scared about it, but you don’t reaꦆlly think abo🐻ut it.”
Miller’s ex-Ducati teammate and꧂ his friend Francesco🎶 Bagnaia added: “Fear is part of our sport.
“It’s part of our job: When you crash at high speed, you feel fear - you’re arriving to the🐼 gravel very fast and approaching the barrier very fast - but before that, you don’t think about it.”
168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Fabio Quartararo, the 2021 MotoGP champion and Yamaha rider, went f♋urther: “You need to put your balls on the bike and give your🦋 best.”
🦋Quartararo described Turn 1 at the Circuit of the Americas in Texas to underline the speed and bravery of MotoGP riders.
“Right he💟re, after the backstraight,” he said, “we arr🔯ive there at 340 kilometers [211 mph] and we take the corner at 60 [37 mph] - that’s 280 kilometers [174 mph] difference in only 250 metres.”

Quartararཧo has paid a ph🥃ysical toll over the years.
“I broke my 🍌foot, my back, my wrists, my fingers. . . many t🔯hings!
“Actually, my left wrist is really ♛bad - I broke it♑ in more than 20 parts.
“[It’s in the] past - now we need to focu﷽s on the p💧resent.”
The 2023 MotꦑoGP season, which has featured a new format introducing sprint races at every round on Saturdays, has been littered with inj⭕uries.
Marc Marquez has notably fa🔥iled to complete a grand prix yet, in part to hand issues.
Pol Espargaro has missed the entire season after a crash on the first Friday left him with a brok✨en jaw, a serious back injury, and a lung problem.

James was a sports journalist at Sky Sports for a decad𒁃e covering everyt🥂hing from American sports, to football, to F1.