The man upstairs is pushing the buttons, and if your name happens to be on that button, well, thank you.
MARIO ANDRETTIDesire is the key to motivation, but it’s determination and commitment to an unrelenting pursuit of your goal .
More Mario Andretti Quotes
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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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Nothing compares to the Indianapolis 500.
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Anybody who can drive and doesn’t come out of it a rich man is a fool.
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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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If you weren’t on Chris Economaki’s radar screen, you probably weren’t on anybody’s.
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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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Can the U.S. support two Formula 1 races? I think so.
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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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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 don’t remember as a kid wanting to do or be anything else but drive something, be a race driver.
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You have governments investing in circuits all over the world, and the private sector sometimes has a tough time competing with 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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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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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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I count my blessings every day, quite honestly, because I take nothing for granted.
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