Top 80 Murray Walker Quotes (2025 Update)
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51. “Either the car is stationary, or it’s on the move.”

— Murray Walker

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

— Murray Walker

53. “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.”

— Murray Walker

54. “And the first three cars are all Escorts, which isn’t surprising as this is an all Escort race.”

— Murray Walker

55. “I want to say so much more than I have time for.”

— Murray Walker

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

— Murray Walker

57. “Mansell is slowing it down, taking it easy. Oh, no he isn’t! It’s a lap record.”

— Murray Walker

58. “And this is the third place car about to lap the second place car.”

— Murray Walker

59. “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.”

— Murray Walker

60. “Alain Prost is in a commanding second position.”

— Murray Walker

61. “The tires are called wets, because they’re used in the wet. And these tires are called slicks, because they’re very slick.”

— Murray Walker

62. “Brundle is driving an absolutely pluperfect race.”

— Murray Walker

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

— Murray Walker

64. “I’m very careful with money – both my parents were very sensible with it and I grew up to become an obsessive saver.”

— Murray Walker

65. “We all make mistakes, but when I made mistakes there was no filter between me and the consumer.”

— Murray Walker

66. “With two laps to go then the action will begin, unless this is the action, which it is.”

— Murray Walker

67. “And all Niki really has to do now is coast.”

— Murray Walker

68. “I’m a frustrated driver. I would love to be out on the track instead of them. I look at them with envy.”

— Murray Walker

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

— Murray Walker

70. “Alesi is in second place, and Hill is in second place.”

— Murray Walker

71. “Frentzen is taking, er, reducing that gap between himself and Frentzen.”

— Murray Walker

72. “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.”

— Murray Walker

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

— Murray Walker

74. “Villeneuve is now twelve seconds ahead of Villeneuve.”

— Murray Walker

75. “Schumacher has made his final stop three times.”

— Murray Walker

76. “And he’s lost both right front tires.”

— Murray Walker

77. “I didn’t see the time, largely because there wasn’t one.”

— Murray Walker

78. “And the first five places are filled by five different cars.”

— Murray Walker

79. “Stewart has two cars in the top five: Magnusson 5th and Barichello 6th.”

— Murray Walker

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

— Murray Walker

81. “Of course he did it voluntarily, but he had to do it.”

— Murray Walker

82. “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.”

— Murray Walker

83. “Thackwell really can metaphorically coast home now.”

— Murray Walker