The man upstairs is pushing the buttons, and if your name happens to be on that button, well, thank you.
MARIO ANDRETTII think it’s counterproductive in many ways to pretend to know things you don’t.
More Mario Andretti Quotes
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I wish we could be 100% shielded from danger, but nothing is in life.
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All of those things can happen – and then you give an interview two seconds later.
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There is so much more demand for Formula One than it can supply.
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You do the best you can with what’s thrown at you, then you try again.
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Can the U.S. support two Formula 1 races? I think so.
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As far as I’m concerned, Parnelli Jones was the greatest driver of his era. He had aggressiveness and also a finesse that no one else possessed. And he won with everything he put his hands on, including off-road.
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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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You’re safer in the race car than you are in cars going to and from the track.
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If you wait, all that happens is that you get older.
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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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If you’re so afraid of failure, you will never succeed. You have to take chances.
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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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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’ve got to have friends out there. You can’t do it alone. You form those relationships as the race moves along.
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The United States is the only country where a driver can have a successful career – either in stock cars or IndyCar – and he won’t need a passport.
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