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.
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.
More Mario Andretti Quotes
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I like to think that the Grand Prix helped Long Beach to pretty much change its image.
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I don’t remember as a kid wanting to do or be anything else but drive something, be a race driver.
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I count my blessings every day, quite honestly, because I take nothing for granted.
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You see people in the left lane, and as long as they are on the speed limit, they stay there. Get in the right lane and let people pass you.
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All of the courses that run through real streets are very demanding. There is no room for error, no shoulders to lean on.
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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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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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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 wanted to have a career that would last a hundred years if possible.
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Quite honestly, I treat myself with cars I really want to drive, and I have some flexibility to do that.
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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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I look at myself as the luckiest man alive.
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If you wait, all that happens is that you get older.
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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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The day of parochialism in sports is over. The world is too small for what people like to call ‘the good old days.’
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