No he doesn't.
BUT, Rickie seems pretty thick and bad with words in front of the camera and he's still a hero.
He certainly does say "so" a lot.
Chamberlain also used to say "Y'know". What else do some certain players always say??
There was a time, about 4-5 years back when every interviewed MotoGP rider and every F1 driver would sprinkle their answers with f'sure [for sure]. These days it has almost completely died out.

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