Quotes from Guy Martin

We all buy our meat wrapped in plastic because we don't like to think about the animal that died.

I should be paid to be a spokesman for Ford Transit.

I work nights on a farm in the summer when harvest starts. I work on a civil engineering site down the Humber Docks where all the refineries are. So that's my day job from seven to four. And then I build engines at night.

People who race bikes don't talk about crashes. They keep going.

I've had my eyes opened to so many things. But still, all I really want to do is my truck job. It's like an ingrained, default setting.

When I was little, I would open up lawnmowers and try to make them go faster. I wasn't strong enough to do some things, so I'd wait for my dad to get home from work to help me. He was great, but he never really encouraged me, and I'll be the same if I have kids: I'll leave them to do their own thing.

I'll always give it my all, and to be with a quality manufacturer like BMW is mega.

They don't call it the Wall of Death for nothing. The biggest risk is crashing off the top. That's when it gets really messy.

My back is full of metal; so are my hands and legs. I'll have to decide who will get all that in my will. It's probably worth a fortune in scrap metal. But it doesn't affect my movement.

I don't see coming down to London and talking to people and making TV shows as real work. The only reason I do it is because they keep coming up with decent ideas.

Dentists, doctors, surveyors from Latvia wanted to come to England, do anything to get away from the Soviet regime.

I like the Mid Antrim circuit, and if anyone were to ask me to show them a typical Irish road surface, I would take them to the Mid Antrim. It is awesome.

Speed and danger don't always go together, but it's proper fun when they do.

The idea for the 'Speed' series was to break the record for the fastest push bike.

Speed on its own isn't always so exciting. On a racing motorbike, I can do over 180 mph, which is fast, but not as fast as the airliners that we all climb aboard to fly off on holiday. Modern passenger jets can cruise at between 500 and 600 mph, but sitting in an aeroplane like that for hours on end isn't very exciting, is it?

I broke five vertebrae, and they had to rod my spine because I broke my sternum, too.

Building the machine for 'Speed' was fun, as was working on the 'Spitfire' programme. They are programmes I enjoyed being on, but they are not my job.

Not everybody would choose to be a firefighter or an ambulance driver. Not everyone wants to see the nasty bits of life.

I'm not a materialistic person at all, but I always want the next thing; I've got a nice toolbox, but I still want another set of spanners.

I'm not an ungrateful person.

I'm big into the Stone Roses.

I can't stop biting off more than I can chew.

I've been put under 8.5G in a stunt aeroplane. I felt all right. Well, I lost my vision, but I was still conscious.

I'm the luckiest man alive.