You surround yourself with people who are the real experts.
MARIO ANDRETTIAs 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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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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Tom Carnegie will never be replaced.
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Unfortunately, we don’t educate drivers enough to be respectful on the road.
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If somebody around you or your family does not understand it, then that’s their problem. But if you do have a passion, an honest passion, just do it.
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I look at myself as the luckiest man alive.
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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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The day of parochialism in sports is over. The world is too small for what people like to call ‘the good old days.’
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Fans want the best, wherever they come from.
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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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If you go off the road, you’re into somebody’s shop-window or front porch.
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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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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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I wish we could be 100% shielded from danger, but nothing is in life.
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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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Nothing compares to the Indianapolis 500.
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