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.
MARIO ANDRETTII count my blessings every day, quite honestly, because I take nothing for granted.
More Mario Andretti Quotes
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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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I always say that every win has something that is special.
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Whenever you’re aggressive, you’re at the edge of mistakes.
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A father-son relationship is strong, like no other teammates. You could be straightforward with one another.
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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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Nothing compares to the Indianapolis 500.
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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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If you’re so afraid of failure, you will never succeed. You have to take chances.
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Nobody had race savvy like Al Unser in his prime.
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If you weren’t on Chris Economaki’s radar screen, you probably weren’t on anybody’s.
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Unfortunately, we don’t educate drivers enough to be respectful on the road.
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There’s something special about racing in real streets. The ‘artificial’ circuits have a certain sameness to them.
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All of those things can happen – and then you give an interview two seconds later.
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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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I don’t have any feeling of accomplishment about anything unless there’s a lot of risk to it.
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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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At Andretti Winery, I’m not the winemaker.
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The banked oval tracks are obsolete tracks for Indy cars.
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I love technology – yes, I have fallen in love with older cars, but I’m all for new technology.
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I’ve driven just about every kind of car there is.
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Whatever the changes, from one era to the next, Pocono has maintained its character and significance to me, and it always will. My family shares this sentiment.
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I still have the competitive spirit, which is good.
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You dream what you’re supposed to do.
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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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Not all teammates tell the truth.
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