I like to think that the Grand Prix helped Long Beach to pretty much change its image.
MARIO ANDRETTIIf you go off the road, you’re into somebody’s shop-window or front porch.
More Mario Andretti Quotes
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A racing car is an animal with a thousand adjustments.
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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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You’re safer in the race car than you are in cars going to and from the track.
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Tom Carnegie will never be replaced.
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I think it’s counterproductive in many ways to pretend to know things you don’t.
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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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What I learned is that in business you must make decisions based on facts, not react with your heart.
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A commitment to excellence – that will enable you to attain the success you seek.
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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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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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I don’t remember as a kid wanting to do or be anything else but drive something, be a race driver.
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If you’re so afraid of failure, you will never succeed. You have to take chances.
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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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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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Long Beach is the best. I tell everyone that.
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