Quote

Love what you do. Believe in your instincts. And you'd better be able to pick yourself up and brush yourself off every day.

Mario Andretti

Change background

T
T
T

Change font

TAGS & TOPICS

Mario Andretti
Age: 84
Born: 1940
Born: February 28
Formula One Driver
Nascar Driver
Racing Automobile Driver
Mario Gabriele Andretti
Better
Every
Brush
Believe
Brushes
Love
Instincts
Pick
Picks
Instinct
Able

More quotes by Mario Andretti

Image
But really - look at the span of my career, and it's something people dream about. And to be spared major injury: I had some moments along the way, but being able to retire on my own terms after having driven during those decades when safety conditions were more precarious than today - am I lucky, or  what?
Mario Andretti
Image
What is golden is miles under your belt, miles, miles, miles.
Mario Andretti
Image
You're safer in the race car than you are in cars going to and from the track.
Mario Andretti
Image
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.
Mario Andretti
Image
I don't have many superstitions, just dumb things I don't talk about. I will not sign an autograph with a green pen.
Mario Andretti
Image
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.
Mario Andretti
Image
Young drivers are supposed to be hard on equipment. That's how you learn.
Mario Andretti
Image
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.
Mario Andretti
Image
It takes a lifetime to build tradition.
Mario Andretti
Image
If you think you're always in control, then you're not going fast enough.
Mario Andretti
Image
My biggest concern during a race is getting bored. The biggest thing I have to combat is falling asleep while going around and around.
Mario Andretti
Image
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.
Mario Andretti
Image
The crashes people remember, but drivers remember the near misses.
Mario Andretti
Image
Anybody who can drive and doesn't come out of it a rich man is a fool.
Mario Andretti
Image
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
Mario Andretti
Image
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.
Mario Andretti
Image
Whenever you're aggressive, you're at the edge of mistakes.
Mario Andretti
Image
A racing car is an animal with a thousand adjustments.
Mario Andretti
Image
I look at myself as the luckiest man alive.
Mario Andretti
Image
If things don't seem out of control, you're not going fast enough.
Mario Andretti