All of the courses that run through real streets are very demanding. There is no room for error, no shoulders to lean on.
MARIO ANDRETTIWhenever you’re aggressive, you’re at the edge of mistakes.
More Mario Andretti Quotes
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The man upstairs is pushing the buttons, and if your name happens to be on that button, well, thank you.
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The most important thing at Daytona is, are you going to have friends willing to work with you during the race as far as drafting?
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There’s something special about racing in real streets. The ‘artificial’ circuits have a certain sameness to them.
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A racing car is an animal with a thousand adjustments.
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Same with golf: pick up a club. But not many can go out and get in a race car and experience a drive at over 200 miles an hour.
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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.
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I’ve always said, ‘I didn’t have a Plan B in life.’ I was in pursuit of my dream from the very beginning. It’s all about desire and passion. At all costs.
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Tom Carnegie will never be replaced.
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Age doesn’t affect driving – how do you like that?
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I count my blessings every day, quite honestly, because I take nothing for granted.
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As far as I’m concerned, Parnelli Jones was the greatest driver of his era. He had aggressiveness and also a finesse that no one else possessed. And he won with everything he put his hands on, including off-road.
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Unfortunately, we don’t educate drivers enough to be respectful on the road.
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Staging Formula One is incredibly expensive.
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I think it’s counterproductive in many ways to pretend to know things you don’t.
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I see all these old people who don’t have anything to do but eat, drink and sleep.
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If somebody around you or your family does not understand it, then that’s their problem. But if you do have a passion, an honest passion, just do it.
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I wish we could be 100% shielded from danger, but nothing is in life.
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You dream what you’re supposed to do.
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Anybody who can drive and doesn’t come out of it a rich man is a fool.
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If you wait, all that happens is that you get older.
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Of course, there is nothing wrong with the expansion to countries like Asia, China, Malaysia.
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There is so much more demand for Formula One than it can supply.
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The United States is the only country where a driver can have a successful career – either in stock cars or IndyCar – and he won’t need a passport.
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At Andretti Winery, I’m not the winemaker.
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If everything seems under control, you’re just not going fast enough.
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The day of parochialism in sports is over. The world is too small for what people like to call ‘the good old days.’
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