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.
MARIO ANDRETTII see all these old people who don’t have anything to do but eat, drink and sleep.
More Mario Andretti Quotes
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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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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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Whenever you’re aggressive, you’re at the edge of mistakes.
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Tom Carnegie will never be replaced.
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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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I love technology – yes, I have fallen in love with older cars, but I’m all for new technology.
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I look at myself as the luckiest man alive.
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Age doesn’t affect driving – how do you like that?
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Can the U.S. support two Formula 1 races? I think so.
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If you wait, all that happens is that you get older.
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The day of parochialism in sports is over. The world is too small for what people like to call ‘the good old days.’
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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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Whatever 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.
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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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Al Unser Sr. was one of the smartest drivers I’ve ever raced against.
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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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If you weren’t on Chris Economaki’s radar screen, you probably weren’t on anybody’s.
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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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All of those things can happen – and then you give an interview two seconds later.
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I wish we could be 100% shielded from danger, but nothing is in life.
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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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You surround yourself with people who are the real experts.
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Fans want the best, wherever they come from.
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Of course, there is nothing wrong with the expansion to countries like Asia, China, Malaysia.
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I think it’s counterproductive in many ways to pretend to know things you don’t.
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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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