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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.
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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Failure is sucess if we learn from it.
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The crashes people remember, but drivers remember the near misses.
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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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Every NASCAR driver watches Formula One in the morning they are well informed.
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I look at myself as the luckiest man alive.
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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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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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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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You're safer in the race car than you are in cars going to and from the track.
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A racing car is an animal with a thousand adjustments.
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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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Anybody who can drive and doesn't come out of it a rich man is a fool.
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Whenever you're aggressive, you're at the edge of mistakes.
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Circumstances may cause interruptions and delays, but never lose sight of your goal.
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The passport changes but the blood doesn't
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Young drivers are supposed to be hard on equipment. That's how you learn.
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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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