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It takes a lifetime to build tradition.

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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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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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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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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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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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I will always enter a race car from the left side. Always. Why? I have no idea.
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What is golden is miles under your belt, miles, miles, miles.
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Failure is sucess if we learn from it.
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The only thing that happens if you wait, is that you get older.
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You dream what you're supposed to do
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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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I look at myself as the luckiest man alive.
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Speed takes a little bit of getting used to, but rules have to be followed. At any speed, the more you run, the more you get used to it.
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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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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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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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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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If things don't seem out of control, you're not going fast enough.
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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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Unfortunately, we don't educate drivers enough to be respectful on the road.
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