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My last race was at Le Mans in 2000, my first race was in 1959, so I dodged a lot of bullets along the way, I can tell you that.

Mario Andretti

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Mario Andretti
Age: 84
Born: 1940
Born: February 28
Formula One Driver
Nascar Driver
Racing Automobile Driver
Mario Gabriele Andretti
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The crashes people remember, but drivers remember the near misses.
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The only thing that happens if you wait, is that you get older.
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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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In racing, there is no question who is best - the first one to cross the finish line wins first prize. But with wine, even if you make the best wine in the world, someone isn't going to like it, because it isn't their style. Judging wine is very subjective.
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What is golden is miles under your belt, miles, miles, miles.
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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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Love what you do. Believe in your instincts. And you'd better be able to pick yourself up and brush yourself off every day.
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A racing car is an animal with a thousand adjustments.
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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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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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My biggest concern during a race is getting bored. The biggest thing I have to combat is falling asleep while going around and around.
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Sebastian Vettel's brilliant talent will ultimately come forth and he'll continue to show what he's capable of. I will never ever degrade Vettel's ability. Sooner or later, he'll prove anyone so wrong
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You dream what you're supposed to do
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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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The experts or the cynics say, Oh, those were the good old days, that's when drivers were really drivers. They didn't have all these aids. You know what? What we had, we did the best with and when we got more we provided what was needed.
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From the driver's standpoint I had the same horrors, the same satisfactions, the same everything. The speed is relative. It's faster and things are happening quicker, but you have the equipment to handle it.
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I will always enter a race car from the left side. Always. Why? I have no idea.
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I don't have many superstitions, just dumb things I don't talk about. I will not sign an autograph with a green pen.
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If everything seems under control, you're not going fast enough.
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The United States is the only country where a driver can have a successful career - either in stock cars or IndyCar - and he won't need a passport.
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