Guy Martin Quotes

Guy Martin

Profession : Celebrity

Birth : November 4, 1981

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

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The only thing I keep from the races I've won are the handle bar grips from the bike, the rubber bits.

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What I really took in in India was that people - even in the slums - were happy with what they'd got. That's something we're not good at in the Western world.

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I was born in Grimsby and always lived around there, but it's died a death because of the loss of the fishing industry.

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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.

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I do all that TV stuff, and it's not real work.

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If I'd done 'Top Gear,' I would have had to have left my job, and I've got the best job in the world. To do 'Top Gear' and do it properly would mean leaving work, and I can't. I don't want to leave work.

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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.

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It's bred in me that I only see real work as getting stuck in and getting your hands dirty.

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Some riders believe in all the hype at the TT; have a successful week, give up work then go and buy motorhomes and cars. I like to get back to normal afterwards and go to work.

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I've always had a proper job. I don't know anything else.

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I'm the luckiest man alive.

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In my normal life, I am a private person doing a proper job.

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I enjoy working on anything mechanical.

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

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I know what a pound is, and I earn my £12 an hour, and that's great.

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I don't go to racers' funerals.

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

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Pike's Peak was the single best thing I've ever done in motorbiking.

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

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