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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 things don't seem out of control, you're not going fast enough.
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If everything seems under control, you're not going fast enough.
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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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Circumstances may cause interruptions and delays, but never lose sight of your goal.
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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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I look at myself as the luckiest man alive.
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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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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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Every NASCAR driver watches Formula One in the morning they are well informed.
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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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You're safer in the race car than you are in cars going to and from the track.
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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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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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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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Whenever you're aggressive, you're at the edge of mistakes.
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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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I count my blessings every day, quite honestly, because I take nothing for granted.
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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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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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