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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.

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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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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Desire is the key to motivation, but it's determination and commitment to an unrelenting pursuit of your goal - a commitment to excellence - that will enable you to attain the success you seek.
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Whenever you're aggressive, you're at the edge of mistakes.
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Young drivers are supposed to be hard on equipment. That's how you learn.
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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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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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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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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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If everything seems under control, you're not going fast enough.
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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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Unfortunately, we don't educate drivers enough to be respectful on the road.
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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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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 crashes people remember, but drivers remember the near misses.
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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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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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What is golden is miles under your belt, miles, miles, miles.
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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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