Guy Martin Quotes

I grew up in a culture of motorbikes. So I like racing just fine. Quite a lot, actually. That was when I was a boy in Australia. And I never really made the jump to cars after that.

At the end of the day, I'm riding a little kid's bike around a track; that's what I've done for as long as I can remember. Now it's just on a bigger stage at the Olympics.

Cycling is a sport of the open road and spectators are lining that road.

So while I was studying, I rode my Trials bike, then I moved to roadracing.

Everybody who rides a motorbike thinks they can ride MotoGP. Anybody who does a Gran Fondo thinks they can do pro cycling. Anyone who drives a Corsa thinks they can do Formula 1.

To be a part of TT history is a massive achievement. It is one of, if not the greatest races on two wheels, if not on four.

I love racing and I've always enjoyed racing. I love to try and go back to the local short tracks and do those races. And sometimes I do.

I promise you, I will never enter a bicycle race.

My big objective this season is to win three gold medals at the Olympics, in the road race, the time trial and the points race.

All of my free time is made up of motor sports endeavors, be them motorcycles or off-road racing or track days. I just love anything with an engine. That is one of my main loves. Obviously, my other well-known love is Kristen Bell.

When you walk the track and you see a corner and realise you were going round it at 160mph, you wonder who could be so stupid to take a corner at that speed. But in the car, you don't even think about that.

I like to dirt bike ride, four wheeler, go-kart.

Seattle is very similar to Minneapolis. I like the culture; I like the people. I raced a bike and won a national championship on Lake Washington in 1977, so I've had a connection there for a long time.

I'm a big tandem bike rider... I've had a tandem bike since I was 12, and I wanna be a competitive tandem bike rider one day.

The Tour de France is a wicked sport in the way that it's not just man against man or woman against woman; it's not flesh against flesh. It's flesh against machine.

The only thing I keep from the races I've won are the handle bar grips from the bike, the rubber bits.

I was extremely underprepared for F1. So compared with that, I feel fine with IndyCar, quite honestly.

I think, in BMX, it's a lot like horse racing. I wouldn't really bet on it.

My dad was very into cycling and had lots of magazines around the house. So I knew about the best cyclists of that era: Arnaud Tournant, Laurent Gane. I watched a lot of the Tour de France and the Tour of Spain with him.

As a British rider, it's a privilege to be able to compete on home roads. The British public have really taken to cycling, and you can see that when the race goes through different towns: the community really gets behind it.

In cycling, you just race. When you get to the finish, you see the result.

I don't like the road. I love being on the track. I like being indoors and the fact I'm not battling past 200 other riders.

I said at the start of the race that the Tour is about being good for 21 days, being consistent every day, not having super days and bad days.

I mean, for me, the reason I ride my bike and race is because I love doing it, not because I'm seeking recognition for it.

I never expected to compete at home in a UCI women's race - let alone as world champion.