Murray Walker Quotes

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

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• You can cut the tension with a cricket stump.

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

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

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

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

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

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• The lead car is unique, except for the one behind it which is identical.

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

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

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• 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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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Murray Walker (25)

Birth:	10th October, 1923
Nationality:	British
Profession:	Commentator, Journalist

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