My wife loves football, but I think she’s resigned to the fact that I’ll never make it there.
MARIO ANDRETTII 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.
More Mario Andretti Quotes
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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’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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I don’t want to go out there and do something 3,000 other people can do.
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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 you wait, all that happens is that you get older.
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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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The man upstairs is pushing the buttons, and if your name happens to be on that button, well, thank you.
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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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If somebody around you or your family does not understand it, then that’s their problem. But if you do have a passion, an honest passion, just do it.
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But every race conducted on real streets has a character of its own – Barcelona, Monaco, and now Long Beach.
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Do it no matter what. If you believe in it, it is something very honorable.
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If everything seems under control, you’re just not going fast enough.
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Long Beach is the best. I tell everyone that.
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Same 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.
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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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