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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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If you think you're always in control, then you're not going fast enough.
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The only thing that happens if you wait, is that you get older.
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Failure is sucess if we learn from it.
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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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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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It takes a lifetime to build tradition.
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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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You dream what you're supposed to do
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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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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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