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.
MARIO ANDRETTII’ve driven just about every kind of car there is.
More Mario Andretti Quotes
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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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Even if it’s a long ways down the track, it punches a hole in the air that has to help. When you’re running alone, you can feel the difference, and it shows on the clock, too.
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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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Long Beach is the best. I tell everyone that.
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You dream what you’re supposed to do.
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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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With tennis, you can go pick up a racket, take a lesson, and understand how much talent and skill it takes to be as good as the top pros.
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If everything seems under control, you’re just not going fast enough.
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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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I don’t have any feeling of accomplishment about anything unless there’s a lot of risk to it.
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It makes great conversation to discuss what’s wrong with open-wheel racing today.
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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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You should never get away from where the real foundation of Formula One has been, which is Europe.
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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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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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