Quite honestly, I treat myself with cars I really want to drive, and I have some flexibility to do that.
MARIO ANDRETTIMy 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.
More Mario Andretti Quotes
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You’ve got to have friends out there. You can’t do it alone. You form those relationships as the race moves along.
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In the U.S., we really have fallen short of road-racing facilities that have kept up with the times, unfortunately, but it’s a fact.
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I look at myself as the luckiest man alive.
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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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Every NASCAR driver watches Formula One in the morning; they are well informed.
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If a neighbor is killed in a car accident, do you sell your car and stop driving?
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You see people in the left lane, and as long as they are on the speed limit, they stay there. Get in the right lane and let people pass you.
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If you’re so afraid of failure, you will never succeed. You have to take chances.
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All of those things can happen – and then you give an interview two seconds later.
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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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You dream what you’re supposed to do.
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At Andretti Winery, I’m not the winemaker.
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I lived the true American dream, because I was able to pursue what I set as my goals at a very young age.
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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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There’s something special about racing in real streets. The ‘artificial’ circuits have a certain sameness to them.
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