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I count my blessings every day, quite honestly, because I take nothing for granted.

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 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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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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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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If everything seems under control, you're not going fast enough.
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If things don't seem out of control, you're not going fast enough.
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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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Unfortunately, we don't educate drivers enough to be respectful on the road.
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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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It takes a lifetime to build tradition.
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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 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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I look at myself as the luckiest man alive.
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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 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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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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The crashes people remember, but drivers remember the near misses.
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