I think it’s counterproductive in many ways to pretend to know things you don’t.
MARIO ANDRETTIThe day of parochialism in sports is over. The world is too small for what people like to call ‘the good old days.’
More Mario Andretti Quotes
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When a car’s ahead of you, as long as you can see it, you get a tow, just like the draft in NASCAR.
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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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All of those things can happen – and then you give an interview two seconds later.
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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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You’re safer in the race car than you are in cars going to and from the track.
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If you’re so afraid of failure, you will never succeed. You have to take chances.
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Unfortunately, we don’t educate drivers enough to be respectful on the road.
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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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Whenever you’re aggressive, you’re at the edge of mistakes.
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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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When you start thinking you may get hurt, it’s time to get out of racing.
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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 still have the competitive spirit, which is good.
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Foreign players is what makes golf so popular now.
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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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