My wife loves football, but I think she’s resigned to the fact that I’ll never make it there.
MARIO ANDRETTIMy wife loves football, but I think she’s resigned to the fact that I’ll never make it there.
MARIO ANDRETTINothing compares to the Indianapolis 500.
MARIO ANDRETTIEvery NASCAR driver watches Formula One in the morning; they are well informed.
MARIO ANDRETTIThe 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 ANDRETTIUnfortunately, we don’t educate drivers enough to be respectful on the road.
MARIO ANDRETTIThere is so much more demand for Formula One than it can supply.
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.
MARIO ANDRETTIFans want the best, wherever they come from.
MARIO ANDRETTIYou do the best you can with what’s thrown at you, then you try again.
MARIO ANDRETTIIn NASCAR, you can do a lot of banging around and get pretty serious and even get yourself upside down.
MARIO ANDRETTIIf everything seems under control, you’re just not going fast enough.
MARIO ANDRETTIYou’ve got to have friends out there. You can’t do it alone. You form those relationships as the race moves along.
MARIO ANDRETTIWhatever the changes, from one era to the next, Pocono has maintained its character and significance to me, and it always will. My family shares this sentiment.
MARIO ANDRETTIAll of the courses that run through real streets are very demanding. There is no room for error, no shoulders to lean on.
MARIO ANDRETTIAt Indy, we are the NASA of the production-car world, and that’s clearly why manufacturers are involved – it’s such a good testbed.
MARIO ANDRETTIMotor 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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