In NASCAR, you can do a lot of banging around and get pretty serious and even get yourself upside down.
MARIO ANDRETTIMy wife loves football, but I think she’s resigned to the fact that I’ll never make it there.
More Mario Andretti Quotes
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Of course, there is nothing wrong with the expansion to countries like Asia, China, Malaysia.
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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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My wife loves football, but I think she’s resigned to the fact that I’ll never make it there.
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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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Nobody had race savvy like Al Unser in his prime.
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All of those things can happen – and then you give an interview two seconds later.
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You’ve got to have friends out there. You can’t do it alone. You form those relationships as the race moves along.
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I always say that every win has something that is special.
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Can the U.S. support two Formula 1 races? I think so.
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Let the police worry about somebody who wants to speed. Don’t force them pass in the right lane and zig zag, which can create an accident, just because you think you’re correct.
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At Indy, we are the NASA of the production-car world, and that’s clearly why manufacturers are involved – it’s such a good testbed.
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I don’t want to go out there and do something 3,000 other people can do.
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The United States is the only country where a driver can have a successful career – either in stock cars or IndyCar – and he won’t need a passport.
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You dream what you’re supposed to do.
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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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Foreign players is what makes golf so popular now.
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Long Beach is the best. I tell everyone that.
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Do it no matter what. If you believe in it, it is something very honorable.
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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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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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A father-son relationship is strong, like no other teammates. You could be straightforward with one another.
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It makes great conversation to discuss what’s wrong with open-wheel racing today.
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With tennis, you can go pick up a racket, take a lesson, and understand how much talent and skill it takes to be as good as the top pros.
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You have governments investing in circuits all over the world, and the private sector sometimes has a tough time competing with that.
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Everything comes to those who wait… except a cat.
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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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