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.
MARIO ANDRETTITom Carnegie will never be replaced.
More Mario Andretti Quotes
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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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I love technology – yes, I have fallen in love with older cars, but I’m all for new technology.
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If you wait, all that happens is that you get older.
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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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Anybody who can drive and doesn’t come out of it a rich man is a fool.
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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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The most important thing at Daytona is, are you going to have friends willing to work with you during the race as far as drafting?
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I wish we could be 100% shielded from danger, but nothing is in life.
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All of those things can happen – and then you give an interview two seconds later.
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The United States is the only country where a driver can have a successful career – either in stock cars or IndyCar – and he won’t need a passport.
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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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Tom Carnegie will never be replaced.
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Staging Formula One is incredibly expensive.
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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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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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