My wife loves football, but I think she’s resigned to the fact that I’ll never make it there.
MARIO ANDRETTIMy 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.
More Mario Andretti Quotes
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Every NASCAR driver watches Formula One in the morning; they are well informed.
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Desire is the key to motivation, but it’s determination and commitment to an unrelenting pursuit of your goal .
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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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I don’t have any feeling of accomplishment about anything unless there’s a lot of risk to it.
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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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A father-son relationship is strong, like no other teammates. You could be straightforward with one another.
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I look at myself as the luckiest man alive.
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Long Beach is the best. I tell everyone that.
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I count my blessings every day, quite honestly, because I take nothing for granted.
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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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It makes great conversation to discuss what’s wrong with open-wheel racing today.
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Unfortunately, we don’t educate drivers enough to be respectful on the road.
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If you wait, all that happens is that you get older.
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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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And I often said, I wish I could’ve had some of his patience. I know it would have worked for me many times.
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All of those things can happen – and then you give an interview two seconds later.
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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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I lived the true American dream, because I was able to pursue what I set as my goals at a very young age.
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Foreign players is what makes golf so popular now.
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Whenever you’re aggressive, you’re at the edge of mistakes.
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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.
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You dream what you’re supposed to do.
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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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There is so much more demand for Formula One than it can supply.
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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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