If a neighbor is killed in a car accident, do you sell your car and stop driving?
MARIO ANDRETTIIt 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.
More Mario Andretti Quotes
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You do the best you can with what’s thrown at you, then you try again.
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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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Nobody had race savvy like Al Unser in his prime.
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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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Unfortunately, we don’t educate drivers enough to be respectful on the road.
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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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I don’t have any feeling of accomplishment about anything unless there’s a lot of risk to it.
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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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Age doesn’t affect driving – how do you like that?
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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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From a prestige standpoint, the U.S. needs to host Formula 1. And I think Formula 1, they know they need the U.S. as well. So many companies that are global are based in the United States support Formula 1.
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With tennis, you can go pick up a racket, take a lesson, and understand how much talent and skill it takes to be as good as the top pros.
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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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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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