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

He has a distinctive enthusiastic commentary style. He was an exponent of the commentator's curse noting in an interview that he might say how well a driver was racing or that they would probably win the race only to have them retire or crash out of the race shortly thereafter hence his catchphrase ". In 2006 he became chief ambassador for David Ormerod Hearing Centres the high street Audiology chain that fitted his hearing aids.

Graeme Murray Walker OBE (known as Murray Walker; born 10 October 1923) is a semi-retired Formula One (F1) motorsport commentator and journalist. And I am very much mistaken. He rarely criticised drivers and preferred to give the benefit of the doubt in attributing blame for incidents.