Everyone in Formula One has something to say, and normally says it. How it comes out of course is a different story.

Now of course there can only be one way to really start an article about quotes, and that is with the King of them all, the loved, the one and only Mr. Murray Walker.

“Only a few more laps to go and then the action will begin, unless this is the action, which it is.”

“He's obviously gone in for a wheel change. I say obviously because I can't see it.”

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

“It's raining and the track is wet.”

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

“... Mansell can see him in his earphone…”

Murray Walker: “And Prost's Ferrari is on fire as it enters the swimming pool.”

James Hunt: “Well that'll put it out then.”

“Unless I'm very much mistaken....I AM very much mistaken!”

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

“There are 7 winners of the Monaco Grand Prix on the starting line today and four of them are Michael Schumacher.”

“This is an interesting circuit because it has inclines, and not just up, but down as well.”

And the ones that Murray likes best?

“IF – that’s F1 spelt backwards.”

“Anything can happen in Formula 1 – and it usually does!”

“And now the boot is on the other Schumacher!”

“There’s only a second between them. ONE. That’s how long a second is!”

“And now excuse me while I interrupt myself.”

Mika Salo did not have the best career ever and his next quote might have had something to do with that. In 1998 he was quoted as saying:

“We have had a lot of problems this weekend, and I am looking forward to getting to the next race so we can have some more.”

“I’ve crashed a Formula 1 car there – I’ve crashed a Formula 1 car in most places, actually!” (Martin Brundle)

“Winning is like a drug...I can't settle for second or third in no circumstances whatsoever.” (Ayrton Senna)

“I will never drive for a backmarker team again.” (Jos Verstappen before driving for Arrows and Minardi)

Eddie Irvine responded to a David Coulthard quote with: “I didn't call him a fag, I actually said he should stop being a fag and worrying about what I say.”

Now naturally when someone asks a stupid question, they do deserve a stupid answer.

Reporter: “Did tyres play an important part today?”

Alan Jones: “Oh, absolutely. You see, they keep the wheels from touching the ground.”

Jacques Villeneuve had an interesting comment on autograph seekers:

“Sometimes they make you sign a piece of toilet paper, you know, and you just wonder - what are they going to do with that?”

Niki Lauda infuriated more than just a few people when he said that a monkey could drive a Formula One car these days. Not to be outdone of course he got into one of his own Jaguar R2s and promptly spun it twice in three laps and had to be towed back to the pits. A monkey indeed Niki!

“It is head and not the foot that is instrumental in any one driver's achievement. Few consider that.” (Peter Sauber)

Another famous “one liner” often used in Formula One is: “To finish first, first you must finish.”

So let’s finish with someone who is regarded as one of the best writers of all time. It comes from about 400 years ago, but is very applicable in our Formula One world of today.

“The spirit of the time shall bring me speed.”

William Shakespeare