What I learned is that in business you must make decisions based on facts, not react with your heart.
MARIO ANDRETTIWe 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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I wanted to have a career that would last a hundred years if possible.
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I think it’s counterproductive in many ways to pretend to know things you don’t.
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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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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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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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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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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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Desire is the key to motivation, but it’s determination and commitment to an unrelenting pursuit 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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A father-son relationship is strong, like no other teammates. You could be straightforward with one another.
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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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Al Unser Sr. was one of the smartest drivers I’ve ever raced against.
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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.
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I look at myself as the luckiest man alive.
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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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