“It takes a lot of imagination to be a good photographer. You need less imagination to be a painter because you can invent things. But in photography everything is so ordinary; it takes a lot of looking before you learn to see the extraordinary.”

American former professional motocross racer and television sports commentator

David Bailey is an American former professional motocross racer and television sports commentator. He was one of the leading U.S. motocross and supercross competitors in the 1980s. In an eight-year professional career, he won 30 AMA national races and three motocross national championships. His riding career ended after a practice crash left him paralyzed shortly before the start of the 1987 season, and he later moved into broadcasting as an expert motocross commentator.