"I don't think I'm the most talented rider. Daniel Deusser, Marcus Ehning and Scott Brash are far more talented than I am. I think I got this far because I always worked very hard to achieve my goals. I think that's very important in our sport: you should never give up and keep on working to achieve your goals. And that's what I did. I always realized I was not the best rider of the circuit. I was never a rider who was extremely good in something but I 'knew my way around' a lot of things. I was never the best in something, but pretty good in almost everything. This combined with my will to make it and to win, made me to the rider I am today". 

Source: Clipmyhorse