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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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My last race was at Le Mans in 2000, my first race was in 1959, so I dodged a lot of bullets along the way, I can tell you that.
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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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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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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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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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Anybody who can drive and doesn't come out of it a rich man is a fool.
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The passport changes but the blood doesn't
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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 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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The crashes people remember, but drivers remember the near misses.
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If things don't seem out of control, you're not going fast enough.
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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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I will always enter a race car from the left side. Always. Why? I have no idea.
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If you think you're always in control, then you're not going fast enough.
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What is golden is miles under your belt, miles, miles, miles.
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