I always say that every win has something that is special.
MARIO ANDRETTIWhatever the changes, from one era to the next, Pocono has maintained its character and significance to me, and it always will. My family shares this sentiment.
More Mario Andretti Quotes
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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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Motor racing is like one big family, ultimately, and when you come back to it, that’s really what it feels like.
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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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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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All of the courses that run through real streets are very demanding. There is no room for error, no shoulders to lean on.
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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’re safer in the race car than you are in cars going to and from the track.
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You surround yourself with people who are the real experts.
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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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Can the U.S. support two Formula 1 races? I think so.
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I count my blessings every day, quite honestly, because I take nothing for granted.
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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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A commitment to excellence – that will enable you to attain the success you seek.
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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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And I often said, I wish I could’ve had some of his patience. I know it would have worked for me many times.
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Al Unser Sr. was one of the smartest drivers I’ve ever raced against.
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Not all teammates tell the truth.
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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 love technology – yes, I have fallen in love with older cars, but I’m all for new technology.
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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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You dream what you’re supposed to do.
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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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There’s something special about racing in real streets. The ‘artificial’ circuits have a certain sameness to them.
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I look at myself as the luckiest man alive.
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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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