Every NASCAR driver watches Formula One in the morning; they are well informed.
MARIO ANDRETTII like to think that the Grand Prix helped Long Beach to pretty much change its image.
More Mario Andretti Quotes
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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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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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I see all these old people who don’t have anything to do but eat, drink and sleep.
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You should never get away from where the real foundation of Formula One has been, which is Europe.
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You dream what you’re supposed to do.
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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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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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If you’re so afraid of failure, you will never succeed. You have to take chances.
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But every race conducted on real streets has a character of its own – Barcelona, Monaco, and now Long Beach.
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Can the U.S. support two Formula 1 races? I think so.
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Whenever you’re aggressive, you’re at the edge of mistakes.
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If somebody around you or your family does not understand it, then that’s their problem. But if you do have a passion, an honest passion, just do it.
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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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My wife loves football, but I think she’s resigned to the fact that I’ll never make it there.
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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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I don’t have any feeling of accomplishment about anything unless there’s a lot of risk to it.
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Of course, there is nothing wrong with the expansion to countries like Asia, China, Malaysia.
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The banked oval tracks are obsolete tracks for Indy cars.
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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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My last race was at Le Mans in 2000, my first race was in 1959, so I dodged a lot of bullets along the way, I can tell you that.
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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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The man upstairs is pushing the buttons, and if your name happens to be on that button, well, thank you.
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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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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.
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Tom Carnegie will never be replaced.
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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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