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The only thing that happens if you wait, is that you get older.
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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More quotes by Mario Andretti
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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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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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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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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The crashes people remember, but drivers remember the near misses.
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Whenever you're aggressive, you're at the edge of mistakes.
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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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Circumstances may cause interruptions and delays, but never lose sight of your goal.
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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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You're safer in the race car than you are in cars going to and from the track.
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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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Failure is sucess if we learn from 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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If everything seems under control, you're not going fast enough.
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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 look at myself as the luckiest man alive.
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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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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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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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