And I often said, I wish I could’ve had some of his patience. I know it would have worked for me many times.
MARIO ANDRETTIAnybody who can drive and doesn’t come out of it a rich man is a fool.
More Mario Andretti Quotes
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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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I see all these old people who don’t have anything to do but eat, drink and sleep.
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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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Nobody had race savvy like Al Unser in his prime.
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If you wait, all that happens is that you get older.
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Staging Formula One is incredibly expensive.
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Fans want the best, wherever they come from.
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Al Unser Sr. was one of the smartest drivers I’ve ever raced against.
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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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Age doesn’t affect driving – how do you like that?
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At Andretti Winery, I’m not the winemaker.
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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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Tom Carnegie will never be replaced.
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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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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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Same with golf: pick up a club. But not many can go out and get in a race car and experience a drive at over 200 miles an hour.
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Not all teammates tell the truth.
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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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My wife loves football, but I think she’s resigned to the fact that I’ll never make it there.
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You surround yourself with people who are the real experts.
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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 wish we could be 100% shielded from danger, but nothing is in life.
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I wanted to have a career that would last a hundred years if possible.
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You dream what you’re supposed to do.
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I think it’s counterproductive in many ways to pretend to know things you don’t.
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If you go off the road, you’re into somebody’s shop-window or front porch.
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