Mario Andretti

Driver

1940-02-28

Quotes by Mario Andretti

• If everything seems under control, you're not going fast enough.

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• If everything seems under control, you're not going fast enough.

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• I lived the true American dream, because I was able to pursue what I set as my goals at a very young age.

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• Age doesn't affect driving - how do you like that?

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• There's something special about racing in real streets. The 'artificial' circuits have a certain sameness to them. But every race conducted on real streets has a character of its own - Barcelona, Monaco, and now Long Beach.

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• You see people in the left lane, and as long as they are on the speed limit, they stay there. Get in the right lane and let people pass you - 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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• Staging Formula One is incredibly expensive.

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• If you're so afraid of failure, you will never succeed. You have to take chances.

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• When a car's ahead of you, as long as you can see it, you get a tow, just like the draft in NASCAR. Even if it's a long ways down the track, it punches a hole in the air that has to help. When you're running alone, you can feel the difference, and it shows on the clock, too.

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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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• Desire is the key to motivation, but it's the determination and commitment to unrelenting pursuit of your goal - a commitment to excellence - that will enable you to attain the success you seek.

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• Desire is the key to motivation, but it's determination and commitment to an unrelenting pursuit of your goal - a commitment to excellence - that will enable you to attain the success you seek.

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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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• Do it no matter what. If you believe in it, it is something very honorable. 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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