I still have the competitive spirit, which is good.
MARIO ANDRETTIYou’ve got to have friends out there. You can’t do it alone. You form those relationships as the race moves along.
More Mario Andretti Quotes
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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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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 don’t want to go out there and do something 3,000 other people can do.
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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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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 a neighbor is killed in a car accident, do you sell your car and stop driving?
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A commitment to excellence – that will enable you to attain the success you seek.
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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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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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Do it no matter what. If you believe in it, it is something very honorable.
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Unfortunately, we don’t educate drivers enough to be respectful on the road.
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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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It makes great conversation to discuss what’s wrong with open-wheel racing today.
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I wanted to have a career that would last a hundred years if possible.
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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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Fans want the best, wherever they come from.
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I don’t have any feeling of accomplishment about anything unless there’s a lot of risk to it.
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If everything seems under control, you’re just not going fast enough.
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Everything comes to those who wait… except a cat.
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Quite honestly, I treat myself with cars I really want to drive, and I have some flexibility to do that.
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I always say that every win has something that is special.
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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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I look at myself as the luckiest man alive.
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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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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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All of those things can happen – and then you give an interview two seconds later.
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