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A racing car is an animal with a thousand adjustments.
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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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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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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Failure is sucess if we learn from it.
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If you think you're always in control, then you're not going fast enough.
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You can't take a vacation from speed. I probably could have taken more time off and not driven in all the different disciplines, but I wanted to drive, drive and drive.
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Unfortunately, we don't educate drivers enough to be respectful on the road.
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The crashes people remember, but drivers remember the near misses.
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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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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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I count my blessings every day, quite honestly, because I take nothing for granted.
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If everything seems under control, you're not going fast enough.
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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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The passport changes but the blood doesn't
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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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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.
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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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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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The only thing that happens if you wait, is that you get older.
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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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Every NASCAR driver watches Formula One in the morning they are well informed.
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