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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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The only thing that happens if you wait, is that you get older.
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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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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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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 will always enter a race car from the left side. Always. Why? I have no idea.
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When you are losing it can seem like there is a black cloud following you around, but like they say there is a silver lining in every cloud.
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Speed takes a little bit of getting used to, but rules have to be followed. At any speed, the more you run, the more you get used to it.
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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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Circumstances may cause interruptions and delays, but never lose sight of your goal.
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Unfortunately, we don't educate drivers enough to be respectful on the road.
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If you think you're always in control, then you're not going fast enough.
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Young drivers are supposed to be hard on equipment. That's how you learn.
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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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If things don't seem out of 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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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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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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I count my blessings every day, quite honestly, because I take nothing for granted.
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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?
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What is golden is miles under your belt, miles, miles, miles.
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