If you’re so afraid of failure, you will never succeed. You have to take chances.
MARIO ANDRETTIAll of those things can happen – and then you give an interview two seconds later.
More Mario Andretti Quotes
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But every race conducted on real streets has a character of its own – Barcelona, Monaco, and now Long Beach.
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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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I’ve driven just about every kind of car there is.
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I still have the competitive spirit, which is good.
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You have governments investing in circuits all over the world, and the private sector sometimes has a tough time competing with that.
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I don’t want to go out there and do something 3,000 other people can do.
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A father-son relationship is strong, like no other teammates. You could be straightforward with one another.
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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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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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If everything seems under control, you’re just not going fast enough.
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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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I don’t have any feeling of accomplishment about anything unless there’s a lot of risk to it.
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Every NASCAR driver watches Formula One in the morning; they are well informed.
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Al Unser Sr. was one of the smartest drivers I’ve ever raced against.
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