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Nobody is born with a steering wheel or a gear shift in his hand. It's something you choose to do or you don't.

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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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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The only thing that happens if you wait, is that you get older.
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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 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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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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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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Circumstances may cause interruptions and delays, but never lose sight of your goal.
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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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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.
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Whenever you're aggressive, you're at the edge of mistakes.
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I look at myself as the luckiest man alive.
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The first time I fired up a car, felt the engine shudder and the wheel come to life in my hands, I was hooked. It was a feeling I can't describe. I still get it every time I get into a race car.
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I count my blessings every day, quite honestly, because I take nothing for granted.
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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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Every NASCAR driver watches Formula One in the morning they are well informed.
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Sometimes you have to bring back only the steering wheel so the car owner will know that you're giving it all you have.
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I go to bed is around 11, and I do that for every race. I get good sleep. I don't lie awake for any race. That's my routine.
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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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Speed is relative. You have to live it. You can't just jump into it. You have to live it all the time.
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Anybody who can drive and doesn't come out of it a rich man is a fool.
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