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 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.
More Mario Andretti Quotes
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If you wait, all that happens is that you get older.
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Foreign players is what makes golf so popular now.
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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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There is so much more demand for Formula One than it can supply.
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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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A racing car is an animal with a thousand adjustments.
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You do the best you can with what’s thrown at you, then you try again.
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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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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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Whenever you’re aggressive, you’re at the edge of mistakes.
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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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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 want to go out there and do something 3,000 other people can do.
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Staging Formula One is incredibly expensive.
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It makes great conversation to discuss what’s wrong with open-wheel racing today.
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