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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.

Mario Andretti

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Mario Andretti
Age: 84
Born: 1940
Born: February 28
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Nascar Driver
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Mario Gabriele Andretti
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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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A racing car is an animal with a thousand adjustments.
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My last race was at Le Mans in 2000, my first race was in 1959, so I dodged a lot of bullets along the way, I can tell you that.
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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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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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Anybody who can drive and doesn't come out of it a rich man is a fool.
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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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I will always enter a race car from the left side. Always. Why? I have no idea.
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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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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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The passport changes but the blood doesn'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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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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It takes a lifetime to build tradition.
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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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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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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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Every NASCAR driver watches Formula One in the morning they are well informed.
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The crashes people remember, but drivers remember the near misses.
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