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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More Mario Andretti Quotes
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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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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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Staging Formula One is incredibly expensive.
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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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You have governments investing in circuits all over the world, and the private sector sometimes has a tough time competing with that.
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I always say that every win has something that is special.
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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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Circumstances may cause interruptions and delays, but never lose sight of your goal.
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I wish we could be 100% shielded from danger, but nothing is in life.
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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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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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Al Unser Sr. was one of the smartest drivers I’ve ever raced against.
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Nobody had race savvy like Al Unser in his prime.
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If you go off the road, you’re into somebody’s shop-window or front porch.
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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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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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Whenever you’re aggressive, you’re at the edge of mistakes.
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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 weren’t on Chris Economaki’s radar screen, you probably weren’t on anybody’s.
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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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I think it’s counterproductive in many ways to pretend to know things you don’t.
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If everything seems under control, you’re just not going fast enough.
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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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Motor racing is like one big family, ultimately, and when you come back to it, that’s really what it feels like.
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I count my blessings every day, quite honestly, because I take nothing for granted.
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