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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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Mario Andretti
Age: 84
Born: 1940
Born: February 28
Formula One Driver
Nascar Driver
Racing Automobile Driver
Mario Gabriele Andretti
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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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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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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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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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Circumstances may cause interruptions and delays, but never lose sight of your goal.
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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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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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The crashes people remember, but drivers remember the near misses.
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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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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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Failure is sucess if we learn from it.
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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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Every NASCAR driver watches Formula One in the morning they are well informed.
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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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What is golden is miles under your belt, miles, miles, miles.
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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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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're safer in the race car than you are in cars going to and from the track.
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