Unless I have been sorely misinformed, supermodels are powerless to resist a man with illuminated doorsills.
Richard HammondI would love to act. I probably won't make it to Hollywood at 42 years of age, but I'd love to act.
Richard HammondI think a basic level of fitness can help the body cope with all manner of incidents.
Richard HammondI've been in a car three or four times when it filled with water and it's not a comfortable feeling.
Richard HammondMy grandfather on one side was trained as a cabinetmaker but eventually worked as a coachbuilder and then built cars. I inherited from him a love of cars, but with no technical ability whatsoever, sadly!
Richard HammondWith the case of running, it really is a case of get out, set yourself a distance, run it, and then do it again the next day. It's tremendously simple.
Richard HammondThis is just the happiest car in the world! I shall call it Oliver! Not that we'd ever name a car on Top Gear. I wish I hadn't said that.
Richard HammondWhen the afterburner lights, I haven't got 5,000 horsepower. I've got 10,000 horsepower, and possibly the biggest accident you've ever seen in your life.
Richard HammondFor somebody who has injured their brain, every single thing they say and think will be the subject of their own questioning.
Richard HammondIt's not just the kid who's spent every penny from his job to upgrade his car to tell the world he cares about sports cars, it's also the person driving around in a fuel-conscious hybrid electric car, because it's more a message to the world than an effective means of saving fuel, to be quite honest.
Richard HammondI had post-traumatic amnesia, five-second memory, it happens as a result of brain injury.
Richard HammondThe easiest and simplest thing that any one can do to make their car safer, more gas efficient, whatever - check the tire pressure.
Richard HammondAsk any Ferrari, Porsche or Ray-Ban salesperson about their average customer and you will very likely hear that he is not, as the adverts would have us believe, a virile young footballer with shiny hair, a rippling six pack and a trouser pouch like a new punch bag. He is, in fact, a middle-aged bloke wearing more chins than he started life with and carrying the clear evidence of forty years of beer and pies slung across his midriff.
Richard HammondI do not see how hanging litter louts up by their heels and beating them with sticks could be considered a crime.
Richard HammondMy first car was a 1976 Toyota Corolla Liftback in red, like the one in 'The Blues Brothers.' I painted a Union Jack on the roof. I was absolutely in love with it until I destroyed it, which broke my heart!
Richard HammondMexican cars are just going to be lazy, feckless, flatulent, overweight, leaning against a fence asleep looking at a cactus with a blanket with a hole in the middle on as a coat.
Richard HammondI damaged all the complicated bits of the brain to do with processing and emotional control. I was prey to every single emotion that swept over me and I couldn't deal with it. I had to re-learn things from scratch.
Richard HammondSay German cars are sort of very built and efficient. Italian cars are a bit flamboyant and quick. Mexican cars just going to be lazy, feckless, flatulent.
Richard HammondI run a lot. I have this five-mile run that I try and do a few times a week. If I do more, I get shin splints and it drives me mad, so I have to balance it.
Richard HammondFailing my driving test first time; that was a disappointment on a geological scale.
Richard Hammond