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.
MARIO ANDRETTII don’t have any feeling of accomplishment about anything unless there’s a lot of risk to it.
More Mario Andretti Quotes
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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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A commitment to excellence – that will enable you to attain the success you seek.
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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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All of those things can happen – and then you give an interview two seconds later.
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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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I count my blessings every day, quite honestly, because I take nothing for granted.
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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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It seemed like whenever I got a bona fide offer from Ferrari, I couldn’t do it. And vice versa – when I was ready, their seats were taken.
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It makes great conversation to discuss what’s wrong with open-wheel racing today.
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Staging Formula One is incredibly expensive.
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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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When you start thinking you may get hurt, it’s time to get out of racing.
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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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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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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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