Quotes By Murray Walker

You have to say what comes into your head, and sometimes the wrong words come, in the wrong order or I'd make prophecies which immediately turned out to be wrong.

Schumacher wouldn't have let him past voluntarily. Of course he did it voluntarily, but he had to do it.

Motor racing can never be totally safe and it never should be in my opinion.

With half the race gone, there is half the race still to go.

Like everybody, I have invested in things that have gone bad, because there's never any guarantee of success or profit when it comes to money.

Even in five years time, he will still be four years younger than Damon Hill.

There are seven winners of the Monaco Grand Prix on the starting line today, and four of them are Michael Schumacher.

Well, now we have exactly the same situation as at the beginning of the race, only exactly opposite.

This circuit is interesting because it has inclines and declines. Not just up, but down as well.

There's nothing wrong with the car except that it's on fire.

I don't make mistakes. I make prophecies which immediately turn out to be wrong.

I'm in my usual state up here in the commentary box: high tension, heart beating like a trip hammer, whatever that is.

I should imagine that the conditions in the cockpit are totally unimaginable.

You might not think that's cricket, and it's not, it's motor racing.

If you don't trust someone to look after your investments, then they shouldn't be doing the job for you.

I'm a car fanatic and each morning I wake up with a smile on my face, whether I'm commentating on the Formula One or at Silver Hatch racetrack in Roary the Racing Car.

I wish we had a system where you are given a bill including service and that people were paid properly so they didn't have to rely on tips. In different restaurants there are different policies and it's all very confusing.

Somebody said once 'Follow the money' and that is what it is all about.

I've no idea what Eddie Irvine's orders are, but he's following them superlatively well.

And that just shows you how important the car is in Formula One Racing.

Now he must not go the wrong way round the circuit, and unless he can spin himself stationary through 360 degrees I fail to see how he can avoid doing so.

He can't decide whether to leave his visor half open or half closed.

Anything happens in Grand Prix racing, and it usually does.

It is a huge honour to be recognised as the world's best commentator, particularly against so many sporting greats.

Either the car is stationary, or it's on the move.

IF is a very long word in Formula One; in fact, IF is F1 spelled backwards.

I can't believe what's happening visually, in front of my eyes.

You can cut the tension with a cricket stump.

Eight minutes past the hour here in Belgium - and presumably eight minutes past the hour everywhere in the world.

That's history. I say history because it happened in the past.