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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.

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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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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If everything seems under control, you're not going fast enough.
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Sebastian Vettel's brilliant talent will ultimately come forth and he'll continue to show what he's capable of. I will never ever degrade Vettel's ability. Sooner or later, he'll prove anyone so wrong
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It takes a lifetime to build tradition.
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The passport changes but the blood doesn't
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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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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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If things don't seem out of control, you're not going fast enough.
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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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Every NASCAR driver watches Formula One in the morning they are well informed.
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A racing car is an animal with a thousand adjustments.
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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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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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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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What is golden is miles under your belt, miles, miles, miles.
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Unfortunately, we don't educate drivers enough to be respectful on the road.
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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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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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