Quite honestly, I treat myself with cars I really want to drive, and I have some flexibility to do that.
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In NASCAR, you can do a lot of banging around and get pretty serious and even get yourself upside down.
More Mario Andretti Quotes
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Quite honestly, I treat myself with cars I really want to drive, and I have some flexibility to do that.
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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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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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If you go off the road, you’re into somebody’s shop-window or front porch.
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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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It makes great conversation to discuss what’s wrong with open-wheel racing today.
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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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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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There is so much more demand for Formula One than it can supply.
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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 love all motor sports at the top level.
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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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When you start thinking you may get hurt, it’s time to get out of racing.
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You dream what you’re supposed to do.
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