Anybody who can drive and doesn’t come out of it a rich man is a fool.
MARIO ANDRETTISame 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.
More Mario Andretti Quotes
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In the U.S., we really have fallen short of road-racing facilities that have kept up with the times, unfortunately, but it’s a fact.
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I wish we could be 100% shielded from danger, but nothing is in life.
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I look at myself as the luckiest man alive.
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I wanted to have a career that would last a hundred years if possible.
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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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If you go off the road, you’re into somebody’s shop-window or front porch.
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If everything seems under control, you’re just not going fast enough.
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There is so much more demand for Formula One than it can supply.
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I think it’s counterproductive in many ways to pretend to know things you don’t.
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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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Unfortunately, we don’t educate drivers enough to be respectful on the road.
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Even if it’s a long ways down the track, it punches a hole in the air that has to help. When you’re running alone, you can feel the difference, and it shows on the clock, too.
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I lived the true American dream, because I was able to pursue what I set as my goals at a very young age.
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When a car’s ahead of you, as long as you can see it, you get a tow, just like the draft in NASCAR.
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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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A racing car is an animal with a thousand adjustments.
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I count my blessings every day, quite honestly, because I take nothing for granted.
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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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A commitment to excellence – that will enable you to attain the success you seek.
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I love all motor sports at the top level.
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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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I don’t have any feeling of accomplishment about anything unless there’s a lot of risk to it.
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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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Whenever you’re aggressive, you’re at the edge of mistakes.
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Not all teammates tell the truth.
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If you wait, all that happens is that you get older.
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