Murray Walker Quotes

IndyCar is what it is and in the back of our minds we all know it is a dangerous sport.

To race Formula three is very high risk and I am not going to take a chance. Thank god I am not doing it!

We can forget how motorsport can be dangerous.

I've tried everything other than jumping out of a plane, but nothing gives you an adrenaline rush like racing a car.

People go to car races to watch the crashes.

I always knew about the risks I was taking. Every year, someone you knew was killed racing. You had to ask yourself, do you enjoy driving these cars so much that you're prepared to take that risk?

After I finished racing in the United States, I received a lot of criticism for being dangerous, a little bit stupid, insane, you name it.

It's a dangerous sport - we all know that going in.

My first job was as a treetopper, and I was so damn good at it they called me 'Squirrel.' And then I joined the military and became a paratrooper. And later on in life I raced motorcycles and cars.

This is motor racing. We go at very high speeds, and tires have always been deflating or exploding. It is just part of the sport.

I don't want to die in a race car.

I might have tried bungee jumping, until I saw that video of that guy whose cord came untied. He didn't know it 'till he hit the ground. Oh, he flew off that tower, hollering at his buddies. "Whoo, check me out, dudes! Oh, that ground is coming up..." WHAM! And what do you say, if you're the operator of that ride, to the next guy in line? "All right dude, you're up."

I love fast cars... and to go too fast in them.

To have some idea what it's like, stand in the outside lane of a motorway, get your mate to drive his car at you at 95 mph and wait until he's 12 yards away, before you decide which way to jump.

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

Racing may be a minority sport, but I wouldn't swap it for all the money in the world.

I think it was wrong to take the decision to slow F1 down. It was much better in my day, when it was already a lot safer than it had been in the '70s and '80s, but you could still drive crazy fast.

Adventure without risk is Disneyland.

I'm really into extreme sports and just having fun.

Look, if you're driving down the highway at 120 miles an hour, I'd rather be behind the wheel than in the backseat.

It was treacherous. I think someone was injured. But I did love being there, we all did.

I love the fast lane.

If I weren't skateboarding, I'd love to race cars. I like anything that's fast and active.

I don't recall ever desiring to go as fast as possible.

Failures are much more dramatic than successes, and people like drama. I think this is why automobile races draw such crowds. People expect spectacular crashes, which we tend to find more interesting than cars just racing around the track. The same is true of bridges, buildings, or any structure or machine.