I'm not reckless. I was never reckless.

- Richard Hammond

I would love to act. I probably won't make it to Hollywood at 42 years of age, but I'd love to act.

- Richard Hammond

With 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 Hammond

I 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 Hammond

If I can be cruel; I'm not a big fan of the Audi R8, actually.

- Richard Hammond

I'm a presenter.

- Richard Hammond

I mostly drive around in a Fiat 500 TwinAir, and that's a pretty small car!

- Richard Hammond

Forty is brilliant and I love it. I'm happier now than when I was 20.

- Richard Hammond

My 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 Hammond

My 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 Hammond

I had post-traumatic amnesia, five-second memory, it happens as a result of brain injury.

- Richard Hammond

Failing my driving test first time; that was a disappointment on a geological scale.

- Richard Hammond

I like to think that my arrogance, impetuosity, impatience, selfishness and greed are the qualities that make me the lovable chap I am.

- Richard Hammond

I don't particularly want to smear myself into a hillside.

- Richard Hammond

I think a basic level of fitness can help the body cope with all manner of incidents.

- Richard Hammond

And I like pygmy goats, because they're just lovely, and ducks.

- Richard Hammond

The easiest and simplest thing that any one can do to make their car safer, more gas efficient, whatever - check the tire pressure.

- Richard Hammond

At home I drive an old Land Rover.

- Richard Hammond

I've been in a car three or four times when it filled with water and it's not a comfortable feeling.

- Richard Hammond

I 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 Hammond