You’ve got to have friends out there. You can’t do it alone. You form those relationships as the race moves along.
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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Foreign players is what makes golf so popular now.
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Circumstances may cause interruptions and delays, but never lose sight of your goal.
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If you go off the road, you’re into somebody’s shop-window or front porch.
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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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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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You do the best you can with what’s thrown at you, then you try again.
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You dream what you’re supposed to do.
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Nobody had race savvy like Al Unser in his prime.
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I count my blessings every day, quite honestly, because I take nothing for granted.
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Age doesn’t affect driving – how do you like that?
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Everything comes to those who wait… except a cat.
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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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If you weren’t on Chris Economaki’s radar screen, you probably weren’t on anybody’s.
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I wish we could be 100% shielded from danger, but nothing is in life.
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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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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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Long Beach is the best. I tell everyone that.
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When you start thinking you may get hurt, it’s time to get out of racing.
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I see all these old people who don’t have anything to do but eat, drink and sleep.
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All of those things can happen – and then you give an interview two seconds later.
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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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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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I think it’s counterproductive in many ways to pretend to know things you don’t.
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I still have the competitive spirit, which is good.
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You should never get away from where the real foundation of Formula One has been, which is Europe.
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You see people in the left lane, and as long as they are on the speed limit, they stay there. Get in the right lane and let people pass you.
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