When a car’s ahead of you, as long as you can see it, you get a tow, just like the draft in NASCAR.
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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The man upstairs is pushing the buttons, and if your name happens to be on that button, well, thank you.
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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.
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Not all teammates tell the truth.
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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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Fans want the best, wherever they come from.
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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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I love all motor sports at the top level.
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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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All of those things can happen – and then you give an interview two seconds later.
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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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At Andretti Winery, I’m not the winemaker.
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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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There’s something special about racing in real streets. The ‘artificial’ circuits have a certain sameness to them.
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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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If you go off the road, you’re into somebody’s shop-window or front porch.
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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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Whenever you’re aggressive, you’re at the edge of mistakes.
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I think it’s counterproductive in many ways to pretend to know things you don’t.
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I still have the competitive spirit, which is good.
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My 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.
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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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What I learned is that in business you must make decisions based on facts, not react with your heart.
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Tom Carnegie will never be replaced.
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If you wait, all that happens is that you get older.
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You surround yourself with people who are the real experts.
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Nobody had race savvy like Al Unser in his prime.
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