Murray Walker citations (12 citations)

“I don't make mistakes. I make prophecies that immediately turn out to be wrong.”

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The Gold Coast Bulletin staff (October 26, 2002) "Muddly Talker", The Gold Coast Bulletin, p. W09.
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“Motor racing can never be totally safe and it never should be in my opinion. But thank God it's a lot safer now.”

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The Gold Coast Bulletin staff (October 26, 2002) "Weekender", The Gold Coast Bulletin, p. W09.
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“I was often in the pit lane the noise was indescribable and I've no doubt that is why my hearing was affected.”

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The Evening Standard Staff (June 21, 2007) "Evening Standard: F1 made me deaf, says Walker", The Evening Standard.
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“I wouldn't want to stop making those gaffes, even if I could. People realise I am flesh and blood. I am not sensitive about it. It's just my enthusiasm. I want to say so much more than I have time for.”

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Byron Young (November 9, 1997) "Schu dirty rats! - Motor racing", News of the World, Section: Sport, p. 63.
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“My target audience in my mind was not the dedicated, dyed-in-the-wool knowledgeable anorak, who would watch anything and listen to anything on the subject. It was the un-committed, uninvolved and probably not very enthusiastic ordinary folks who were watching at home. I wanted to grip them by the throats and say 'Hey look this is fantastic! I love it and you ought to love it too. And here's why!”

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Nick Deacon (October 26, 2002) "Murray the motor mouth", The Gold Coast Bulletin, p. W08.
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“I miss it enormously. I miss the buzz. I miss the adrenalin and I miss shouting into the microphone. I miss the atmosphere, I miss the camaraderie. But I don't miss it as much as I might have done, because I haven't had a total withdrawal.”

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Oliver Owen (July 1, 2007) "The Observer: Silverstone British Grand Prix 2007: Murray Walker Interview: Mint Condition", The Observer.
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“In my defence… it depends how you define the word 'mistake'. What people call Murrayisms are malapropisms or getting the words in the wrong order. You're standing there in front of a TV set and getting live pictures. The words are pouring out of you. 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.”

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Alison Kervin (May 10, 2008) "The Daily Telegraph: Still Go Go Go for Walker in the slow lane Legendary voice of F1 remains fuelled with a passion for motorsport", The Daily Telegraph, p. 023.
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“Andrea de Cesaris, the man who has won more Grands Prix than anybody else in the history of Grand Prix racing without actually winning one of them.”

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1993 British Grand Prix, lap 39 http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x1865o1_f1-british-gp-1993-race-part-2_sport
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“We all make mistakes, but when I made mistakes there was no filter between me and the consumer.”

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The Guardian staff (December 27, 2000) "It's the end of an earache or do I mean era?", The Guardian.
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“There can never be another Murray Walker. We will try to enjoy Formula One and motor racing without him, but it will never be the same. Unless I am mistaken, we've lost an institution.”

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Martin Brundle — reported in Gary Emmerson (December 31, 2000) "The Express: Bye bye motor mouth Murray", The Express.
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“I'm a frustrated driver. I would love to be out on the track instead of them. I look at them with envy.”

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Jasper Gerard (December 17, 2000) "It's the last lap and … I don't believe it! - Interview", The Sunday Times, p. News Review 5.
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“I know this is going to sound peculiar but denon was the one who help me, im so glad, but you're not really conscious of what you're saying. You see a picture in front of you and it's your job to interpret that picture for the viewers at home and put what they are seeing into context with everybody else in the race. You use whatever words come into your head at the time. It's not something that you can think about.”

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Greg Thom (March 14, 2007) "Standing Joke", Herald Sun, p. H08.
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