I wanted to have a career that would last a hundred years if possible.
MARIO ANDRETTII still have the competitive spirit, which is good.
More Mario Andretti Quotes
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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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Quite honestly, I treat myself with cars I really want to drive, and I have some flexibility to do that.
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As far as I’m concerned, Parnelli Jones was the greatest driver of his era. He had aggressiveness and also a finesse that no one else possessed. And he won with everything he put his hands on, including off-road.
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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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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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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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I don’t want to go out there and do something 3,000 other people can do.
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Nothing compares to the Indianapolis 500.
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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 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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What I learned is that in business you must make decisions based on facts, not react with your heart.
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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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I see all these old people who don’t have anything to do but eat, drink and sleep.
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If you wait, all that happens is that you get older.
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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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