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I look at myself as the luckiest man alive.

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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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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You dream what you're supposed to do
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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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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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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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If you think you're always in control, then you're not going fast enough.
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Failure is sucess if we learn from it.
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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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The crashes people remember, but drivers remember the near misses.
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It takes a lifetime to build tradition.
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What is golden is miles under your belt, miles, miles, miles.
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Circumstances may cause interruptions and delays, but never lose sight of your goal.
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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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I don't have many superstitions, just dumb things I don't talk about. I will not sign an autograph with a green pen.
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Every NASCAR driver watches Formula One in the morning they are well informed.
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If things don't seem out of control, you're not going fast enough.
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The passport changes but the blood doesn't
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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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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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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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