You can cut the tension with a cricket stump.

There are seven winners of the Monaco Grand Prix on the starting line today, and four of them are Michael Schumacher.

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

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

And now, excuse me while I interrupt myself.

I'm in my usual state up here in the commentary box: high tension, heart beating like a trip hammer, whatever that is.

There's nothing wrong with the car except that it's on fire.

Now he must not go the wrong way round the circuit, and unless he can spin himself stationary through 360 degrees I fail to see how he can avoid doing so.

That's history. I say history because it happened in the past.

I've no idea what Eddie Irvine's orders are, but he's following them superlatively well.

This circuit is interesting because it has inclines and declines. Not just up, but down as well.

Either the car is stationary, or it's on the move.

IF is a very long word in Formula One; in fact, IF is F1 spelled backwards.

And that just shows you how important the car is in Formula One Racing.

I should imagine that the conditions in the cockpit are totally unimaginable.

Well, now we have exactly the same situation as at the beginning of the race, only exactly opposite.

He can't decide whether to leave his visor half open or half closed.

A battle is developing between them' I say developing, because it's not yet on.

Even in five years time, he will still be four years younger than Damon Hill.

I can't believe what's happening visually, in front of my eyes.

Eight minutes past the hour here in Belgium - and presumably eight minutes past the hour everywhere in the world.

You can cut the tension with a cricket stump.

The lead car is unique, except for the one behind it which is identical.

Anything happens in Grand Prix racing, and it usually does.

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

Schumacher wouldn't have let him past voluntarily. Of course he did it voluntarily, but he had to do it.

I wish we had a system where you are given a bill including service and that people were paid properly so they didn't have to rely on tips. In different restaurants there are different policies and it's all very confusing.

I'm a car fanatic and each morning I wake up with a smile on my face, whether I'm commentating on the Formula One or at Silver Hatch racetrack in Roary the Racing Car.

Theres nothing wrong with the car except that its on fire.

Motor racing can never be totally safe and it never should be in my opinion.

The lead car is absolutely unique, except for the one behind it which is identical.

You can cut the tension with a cricket stump.

But eventually it is a game of cricket.

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

I want to give my six hours of serious cricket on the ground and then take whatever the result.

Many Continentals think life is a game; the English think cricket is a game.

Still, I believe it is only a passing phase and cricket will one day produce an abundance of great players.

It is amazing how the public steadfastly refuse to attend the third day of a match when so often the last day produces the best and most exciting cricket.

Cricket is basically baseball on valium.

Both sides have been playing tremendous cricket over a couple of years and they're both very good units.

Down the mine I dreamed of cricket; I bowled imaginery balls in the dark; I sent the stumps spinning and heard them rattling in the tunnels. No mishap was going to stop me from bowling in the real game, especially this one.

I love surfing more than cricket, more interesting and you meet great people.

When you sit down and focus on the matches and series that took place during the 12 month period it strikes you just how broad the talent pool is in international cricket is today.

The future of Indo-Pak cricket will depend on how the peace process goes.

I tend to think that cricket is the greatest thing that God ever created on earth - certainly greater than sex, although sex isn't too bad either.

With just about every player in Australia, his whole goal and ambition is to play for Australia. That's why they're playing first class cricket. It's just a different attitude.

My father died in 1930, but if you told him or anybody almost in that time that you'd be able to sit back in England and watch a cricket game in Australia, they'd have you put in the loony bin.

Hitting a baseball well, as in cricket, is a very rare skill. One of most difficult things to do in the world to do, hitting a ball coming at you at ninety miles an hour with a round bat. Wonderful to watch.

I half knew what to expect when I saw the cricket ground in the morning. It was when I started to talk to people working out there, I began to find what I was looking for.