Love what you do. Believe in your instincts. And you'd better be able to pick yourself up and brush yourself off every day.

Circumstances may cause interruptions and delays, but never lose sight of your goal.

For every negative, there's a positive. It's in everything. How you deal with life, outlook, how much energy you put into achieving something. That's why I detest entitlement. Anything that's worthwhile is going to call for some sacrifice. Nothing worthwhile will come to you without a price. People think in sports, you have different rules. You really don't. It's whatever motivates you.

Speed is relative. You have to live it. You can't just jump into it. You have to live it all the time.

But really - look at the span of my career, and it's something people dream about. And to be spared major injury: I had some moments along the way, but being able to retire on my own terms after having driven during those decades when safety conditions were more precarious than today - am I lucky, or  what?

My last race was at Le Mans in 2000, my first race was in 1959, so I dodged a lot of bullets along the way, I can tell you that.

I count my blessings every day, quite honestly, because I take nothing for granted.