A father-son relationship is strong, like no other teammates. You could be straightforward with one another.
MARIO ANDRETTINothing compares to the Indianapolis 500.
More Mario Andretti Quotes
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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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Circumstances may cause interruptions and delays, but never lose sight 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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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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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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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 should never get away from where the real foundation of Formula One has been, which is Europe.
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Not all teammates tell the truth.
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Do it no matter what. If you believe in it, it is something very honorable.
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But every race conducted on real streets has a character of its own – Barcelona, Monaco, and now Long Beach.
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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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Foreign players is what makes golf so popular now.
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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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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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Every NASCAR driver watches Formula One in the morning; they are well informed.
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Al Unser Sr. was one of the smartest drivers I’ve ever raced against.
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All of those things can happen – and then you give an interview two seconds later.
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You do the best you can with what’s thrown at you, then you try again.
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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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Of course, there is nothing wrong with the expansion to countries like Asia, China, Malaysia.
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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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At Indy, we are the NASA of the production-car world, and that’s clearly why manufacturers are involved – it’s such a good testbed.
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Staging Formula One is incredibly expensive.
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Nobody had race savvy like Al Unser in his prime.
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Whenever you’re aggressive, you’re at the edge of mistakes.
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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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