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Murray Walker - the legendary voice of F1 and motorsport - is 90-years-old today, but still remembered fondly for his moments of magic in front of the microphone.

Across several decades, the broadcasting great, who was told earlier this year that he won't need chemotherapy after being diagnosed with lymphoma, entertained fans across the world with his measured analysis and passion for the sport.

And then there are the Murrayisms.

Plenty of them.

So here for your enjoyment are the best of Murray as we raise a toast and wish a happy birthday to a man who brought joy to millions of British households for so many years.

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"I don't make mistakes. I make prophecies which immediately turn out to be wrong."

"Anything happens in Grand Prix racing and it usually does."

"This has been a great season for Nelson Piquet, as he is now known, and always has been."

"With half the race gone, there is half the race still to go."

"Do my eyes deceive me, or is Senna's Lotus sounding rough?"

"As you look at the first four, the significant thing is that Alboreto is 5th."

"Unless I'm very much mistaken.... I AM very much mistaken!"

"Only a few more laps to go and then the action will begin, unless this is the action, which it is."

"This is an interesting circuit because it has inclines, and not just up, but down as well."

"Tambay's hopes , which were nil before, are absolutely zero now."

"Andrea de Cesaris...the man who has won more Grands Prix than anyone else without actually winning one of them."

"I'm going to stop the start-watch..."

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"And there's a dry line appearing in the tunnel" (pause while he realises what he's just said) "Obvious really as it has a roof..."

"Nigel Mansell - the man of the race - the man of the day - the man from the Isle of Man."

"The atmosphere is so tense you could cut it with a cricket stump!"

"And now the boot is on the other Schumacher."

"Mansell is slowing it down, taking it easy. Oh no he isn't! It's a lap record."

"They're now on lap 68, which means there's one, two, three, four, five laps to go before the end of the Hungarian Grand Prix.

"And he's done that in a whisker under 10 seconds, call it 9.7 in round figures."

"Into lap 53, the penultimate last lap but one."

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"Rally points scoring is 20 for the fastest, 18 for the second fastest, right down to 6 points for the slowest fastest."

"Heinz-Harald Frentzen. The man with all the luck, and it's all bad."

"He (Jackie Stewart) will not produce a winner, but if he can produce second, it will be the next best thing."

"If I was Michael Schumacher.... which of course I am not..."

"I should imagine that the conditions in the cockpit are unimaginable!"

"And the first three cars are all Escorts, which isn't surprising as this is an all Escort race."

"I can't believe what's happening visually, in front of my eyes".

"The European drivers have adapted to this circuit extremely quickly, especially Paul Radisich who's a New Zealander."

"Stewart have two cars in the top five - Magnusson 5th and Barrichello 6th."

"IF... is a very long word in Formula 1... In fact IF is F1 spelt backwards!"

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"It's lap 26 of 58, which unless I'm very much mistaken is half way."

"Blown it for Ferrari! Blown it for Irvine! I don't know what happened, but there was a major malmisorganization problem there!"

"Fire! Fire!, Diniz in the oven!"

"And this is James Thompson in the Honda and this is a spin in this is the armco and this is not what's supposed to happen!"

"You might not think that's cricket, and it's not, it's motor racing."

"I have to say it again - in Formula 1 anything can happen, and it usually does. And everything has happened in this quite amazing motor race."

"Martin Schanche's car is absolutely unique except for the one behind which is identical."

"There are 7 winners of the Monaco Grand Prix on the starting line today and four of them are Michael Schumacher."