I’ve always said, ‘I didn’t have a Plan B in life.’ I was in pursuit of my dream from the very beginning. It’s all about desire and passion. At all costs.
MARIO ANDRETTIIn 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.
More Mario Andretti Quotes
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Nobody had race savvy like Al Unser in his prime.
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When you start thinking you may get hurt, it’s time to get out of racing.
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Age doesn’t affect driving – how do you like that?
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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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There is so much more demand for Formula One than it can supply.
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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 a neighbor is killed in a car accident, do you sell your car and stop driving?
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All of those things can happen – and then you give an interview two seconds later.
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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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Every NASCAR driver watches Formula One in the morning; they are well informed.
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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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Let the police worry about somebody who wants to speed. Don’t force them pass in the right lane and zig zag, which can create an accident, just because you think you’re correct.
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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 want to go out there and do something 3,000 other people can do.
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I count my blessings every day, quite honestly, because I take nothing for granted.
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