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.
MARIO ANDRETTINobody had race savvy like Al Unser in his prime.
More Mario Andretti Quotes
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It makes great conversation to discuss what’s wrong with open-wheel racing today.
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The man upstairs is pushing the buttons, and if your name happens to be on that button, well, thank you.
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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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If everything seems under control, you’re just not going fast enough.
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Whatever 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.
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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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I wish we could be 100% shielded from danger, but nothing is in life.
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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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You’re safer in the race car than you are in cars going to and from the track.
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In NASCAR, you can do a lot of banging around and get pretty serious and even get yourself upside down.
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Staging Formula One is incredibly expensive.
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In the U.S., we really have fallen short of road-racing facilities that have kept up with the times, unfortunately, but it’s a fact.
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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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I think it’s counterproductive in many ways to pretend to know things you don’t.
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Whenever you’re aggressive, you’re at the edge of mistakes.
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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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Age doesn’t affect driving – how do you like that?
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There is so much more demand for Formula One than it can supply.
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What I learned is that in business you must make decisions based on facts, not react with your heart.
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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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Long Beach is the best. I tell everyone that.
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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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You do the best you can with what’s thrown at you, then you try again.
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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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Can the U.S. support two Formula 1 races? I think so.
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I love all motor sports at the top level.
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