And I often said, I wish I could’ve had some of his patience. I know it would have worked for me many times.
MARIO ANDRETTIYou’re safer in the race car than you are in cars going to and from the track.
More Mario Andretti Quotes
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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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When a car’s ahead of you, as long as you can see it, you get a tow, just like the draft in NASCAR.
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If you weren’t on Chris Economaki’s radar screen, you probably weren’t on anybody’s.
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At Indy, we are the NASA of the production-car world, and that’s clearly why manufacturers are involved – it’s such a good testbed.
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You do a period of go-karting until you’re at the age of qualifying for a ride in a ‘school-kart,’ then you qualify for driving school. And several of the driving schools have a competition series for their own students.
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If you’re so afraid of failure, you will never succeed. You have to take chances.
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It seemed like whenever I got a bona fide offer from Ferrari, I couldn’t do it. And vice versa – when I was ready, their seats were taken.
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You’re safer in the race car than you are in cars going to and from the track.
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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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I don’t remember as a kid wanting to do or be anything else but drive something, be a race driver.
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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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I don’t have any feeling of accomplishment about anything unless there’s a lot of risk to it.
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There is so much more demand for Formula One than it can supply.
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All of those things can happen – and then you give an interview two seconds later.
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Let the police worry about somebody who wants to speed. Don’t force them pass in the right lane and zig zag, which can create an accident, just because you think you’re correct.
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