If a neighbor is killed in a car accident, do you sell your car and stop driving?
MARIO ANDRETTIWhen you start thinking you may get hurt, it’s time to get out of racing.
More Mario Andretti Quotes
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I still have the competitive spirit, which is good.
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We always had a relationship, but what’s important is that I pretty much started my F1 career with them and ended it there, too.
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A commitment to excellence – that will enable you to attain the success you seek.
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I think it’s counterproductive in many ways to pretend to know things you don’t.
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A racing car is an animal with a thousand adjustments.
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It makes great conversation to discuss what’s wrong with open-wheel racing today.
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Quite honestly, I treat myself with cars I really want to drive, and I have some flexibility to do that.
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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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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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Can the U.S. support two Formula 1 races? I think so.
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Do it no matter what. If you believe in it, it is something very honorable.
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Every NASCAR driver watches Formula One in the morning; they are well informed.
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If everything seems under control, you’re just not going fast enough.
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My wife loves football, but I think she’s resigned to the fact that I’ll never make it there.
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If you wait, all that happens is that you get older.
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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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You do the best you can with what’s thrown at you, then you try again.
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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 look at myself as the luckiest man alive.
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I love all motor sports at the top level.
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If you go off the road, you’re into somebody’s shop-window or front porch.
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You should never get away from where the real foundation of Formula One has been, which is Europe.
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Whenever you’re aggressive, you’re at the edge of mistakes.
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Desire is the key to motivation, but it’s determination and commitment to an unrelenting pursuit of your goal .
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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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There’s something special about racing in real streets. The ‘artificial’ circuits have a certain sameness to them.
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