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

The KTM MotoGP rider has been riding bikes since he was two, and racing since he was ꦬa seven-year-old.
He has offered a startling♕ revelation of t🍸he mentality needed to conquer fear.
“In Australi꧅a, where I grew up, before every race, you do a rider’s briefing,” Miller told .
“And they tell you: ‘You may be killed or injure🍃d; your mach﷽ine may be damaged or destroyed’.
“That’s something that burns itself in the back of your brain - and👍 I’ve broken well over 30 bones, and lost some really great friends.
“But did I ever t🌳hink about quꦚitting the sport? Does it even pop into my mind? Never.
“That can happen with the things you lov🧸e: You’re scared about it, but you don’t really think about 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 approac♔hing 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 Mo🤪toGP riders.
“Right here, after the backstraight,” he said, “we arrive 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.”

Qu👍artararo has paid aꦇ physical toll over the years.
“I broke my foot, my back, my wrists, my fingers🐟. . . man🌄y things!
“Actually, my left wrist is really bad - I broke it in more than 2𓆏0 parts.
“[It’s in the] past - now we need🌄 to focu﷽s on the present.”
The 2023 MotoGP season, which has fe🌠atured a new format introducing sprint races at every round on Saturdays, has been littered with injuries.
Marc Marquez has notably failed to complete a grand prix yet, in part to hand issue꧃s.
Pol Espargaro has missed the entire season after a crash on the first Friday🐽 left him with a broken jaw, a serious back injury, and a lung problem.

James was a sports journalist at Sky Sports for a decade covering everything from American ꦦsports, to football, to F1.