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.
MARIO ANDRETTITom Carnegie will never be replaced.
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Nobody had race savvy like Al Unser in his prime.
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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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Can the U.S. support two Formula 1 races? I think so.
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Staging Formula One is incredibly expensive.
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Foreign players is what makes golf so popular now.
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If the Indy Racing League didn’t have the Indianapolis 500, do you think it would have lasted more than six months? No chance.
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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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I don’t want to go out there and do something 3,000 other people can do.
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All of those things can happen – and then you give an interview two seconds later.
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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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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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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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If you weren’t on Chris Economaki’s radar screen, you probably weren’t on anybody’s.
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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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I don’t have any feeling of accomplishment about anything unless there’s a lot of risk to it.
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