I drove long distances like the 24 hours of Le Mans for years. But even this racing is now over. I retired.

- Jacky Ickx

The fact that I am still alive after 100,000 laps is my championship.

- Jacky Ickx

In the past, two colleagues died each season. It was generally accepted this could happen.

- Jacky Ickx

I am infinitely grateful to the life which privileged me.

- Jacky Ickx

In the end I didn't get a top car any more. I had no toughness left. That was the reality.

- Jacky Ickx

I believe to have been one of the rare drivers to have returned to Ferrari.

- Jacky Ickx

And luckily, therefore the good old days return. The traditional art of driving counts again, and it is all about good tactics, skills and reflexes i…

- Jacky Ickx

My father was a motorsports journalist and a motorbike fan. He gave me my motocross bike.

- Jacky Ickx

The margin between success and drama is fractional.

- Jacky Ickx