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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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Tradition
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Every NASCAR driver watches Formula One in the morning they are well informed.
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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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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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You can't take a vacation from speed. I probably could have taken more time off and not driven in all the different disciplines, but I wanted to drive, drive and drive.
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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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In racing, there is no question who is best - the first one to cross the finish line wins first prize. But with wine, even if you make the best wine in the world, someone isn't going to like it, because it isn't their style. Judging wine is very subjective.
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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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A racing car is an animal with a thousand adjustments.
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I look at myself as the luckiest man alive.
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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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Anybody who can drive and doesn't come out of it a rich man is a fool.
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The only thing that happens if you wait, is that you get older.
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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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If you think you're always in control, then you're not going fast enough.
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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 dream what you're supposed to do
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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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What is golden is miles under your belt, miles, miles, miles.
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There's something special about racing in real streets. The 'artificial' circuits have a certain sameness to them. But every race conducted on real streets has a character of its own - Barcelona, Monaco, and now Long Beach.
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I count my blessings every day, quite honestly, because I take nothing for granted.
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