“For my first race, when I was 19, I'd bought a 600cc bike. And that wa...” — Guy Martin Quote

“For my first race, when I was 19, I'd bought a 600cc bike. And that was far too big for me, really. I shouldn't have really had something like that. But anyway, I went and raced, and I crashed. In my very first race! But I never gave in. I kept going back and back and back.”

“A few people have said my granddad looks like me, but I reckon he's far better looking.”

“As far as I am concerned, the Ulster Grand Prix is my favourite race.”

“I've got a quad bike, which I've raced against neighbours. You could give me a go-kart with a lawnmower engine - I'd still have fun. I like jet skis, speedboats, all the boys' toys.”

“In Paris, I rent a bike in the street and cycle around, and in L.A. I live up in the hills so I go hiking a lot.”

“Bike lanes are clearly controversial. And one of the problems with bike lanes - and I'm generally a supporter of bike lanes - but one of the problems with bike lanes has been not the concept of them, which I support, but the way the Department of Transportation has implemented them without consultation with communities and community boards.”