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What is golden is miles under your belt, miles, miles, miles.

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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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The only thing that happens if you wait, is that you get older.
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Love what you do. Believe in your instincts. And you'd better be able to pick yourself up and brush yourself off every day.
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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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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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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 passport changes but the blood doesn't
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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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It takes a lifetime to build tradition.
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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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Whenever you're aggressive, you're at the edge of mistakes.
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I count my blessings every day, quite honestly, because I take nothing for granted.
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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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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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The crashes people remember, but drivers remember the near misses.
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Circumstances may cause interruptions and delays, but never lose sight of your goal.
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A racing car is an animal with a thousand adjustments.
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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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I will always enter a race car from the left side. Always. Why? I have no idea.
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