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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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Mario Andretti
Age: 84
Born: 1940
Born: February 28
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Mario Gabriele Andretti
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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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Young drivers are supposed to be hard on equipment. That's how you learn.
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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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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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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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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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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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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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Unfortunately, we don't educate drivers enough to be respectful on the road.
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Whenever you're aggressive, you're at the edge of mistakes.
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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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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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Circumstances may cause interruptions and delays, but never lose sight of your goal.
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You dream what you're supposed to do
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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 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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Anybody who can drive and doesn't come out of it a rich man is a fool.
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