I wish we could be 100% shielded from danger, but nothing is in life.
MARIO ANDRETTIIf 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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If you go off the road, you’re into somebody’s shop-window or front porch.
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I think it’s counterproductive in many ways to pretend to know things you don’t.
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My wife loves football, but I think she’s resigned to the fact that I’ll never make it there.
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Everything comes to those who wait… except a cat.
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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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You should never get away from where the real foundation of Formula One has been, which is Europe.
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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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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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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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You see people in the left lane, and as long as they are on the speed limit, they stay there. Get in the right lane and let people pass you.
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Nobody had race savvy like Al Unser in his prime.
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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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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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Do it no matter what. If you believe in it, it is something very honorable.
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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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