Jacky Ickx Quotes

Jacky Ickx — Belgian Driver born on January 01, 1945,

Jacques Bernard "Jacky" Ickx is a Belgian former racing driver who won the highly prestigious 24 Hours of Le Mans six times, achieved eight wins and 25 podium finishes in Formula One, won the Can-Am Championship in 1979 and is a former winner of the Dakar Rally... (wikipedia)

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

The existence is a tremendous curiosity, with in the course of the years, the discovery of yourself in your inmost evolutions. With the age you feel better than you are, what you represent. Which means a little at the planet's scale.

That is why, as soon as I felt a real attraction for my first passion which was the motorcycle, and in spite of the danger it could represent, they encouraged me.

I am infinitely grateful to the life which privileged me.

The margin between success and drama is fractional.