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.
MARIO ANDRETTISame 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.
More Mario Andretti Quotes
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I think it’s counterproductive in many ways to pretend to know things you don’t.
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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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I will never say ‘retired’ because that’s such a finality that I don’t want to be part of my life. I’ll work until they throw me in a box.
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There is so much more demand for Formula One than it can supply.
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Fans want the best, wherever they come from.
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Motor racing is like one big family, ultimately, and when you come back to it, that’s really what it feels like.
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From a prestige standpoint, the U.S. needs to host Formula 1. And I think Formula 1, they know they need the U.S. as well. So many companies that are global are based in the United States support Formula 1.
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At Andretti Winery, I’m not the winemaker.
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Al Unser Sr. was one of the smartest drivers I’ve ever raced against.
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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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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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Of course, there is nothing wrong with the expansion to countries like Asia, China, Malaysia.
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Nobody had race savvy like Al Unser in his prime.
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Not all teammates tell the truth.
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If somebody around you or your family does not understand it, then that’s their problem. But if you do have a passion, an honest passion, just do it.
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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 a neighbor is killed in a car accident, do you sell your car and stop driving?
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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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You’re safer in the race car than you are in cars going to and from the track.
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I look at myself as the luckiest man alive.
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And I often said, I wish I could’ve had some of his patience. I know it would have worked for me many times.
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I love technology – yes, I have fallen in love with older cars, but I’m all for new technology.
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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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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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Age doesn’t affect driving – how do you like that?
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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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