Mario Andretti Quotes

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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.

    "The Mario Andretti Indy 500 Interview: Part II". Interview with Steven Capwell, www.littlepocketguide.com.
  • I don't have many superstitions, just dumb things I don't talk about. I will not sign an autograph with a green pen.

    "The Mario Andretti Indy 500 Interview: Part II". Interview with Steven Capwell, www.littlepocketguide.com.
  • What is golden is miles under your belt, miles, miles, miles.

    "The Mario Andretti Indy 500 Interview: Part II". Interview with Steven Capwell, www.littlepocketguide.com.
  • I count my blessings every day, quite honestly, because I take nothing for granted.

    "KNBR Conversation, with Mario Andretti". Interview with Bob Fitzgerald and Rod Brooks, www.sfgate.com. August 25, 2012.
  • Anybody who can drive and doesn't come out of it a rich man is a fool.

  • Whenever you're aggressive, you're at the edge of mistakes.

  • If everything seems under control, you're not going fast enough.

  • If you think you're always in control, then you're not going fast enough.

  • When a car's ahead of you, as long as you can see it, you get a tow, just like the draft in NASCAR. Even if it's a long ways down the track, it punches a hole in the air that has to help. When you're running alone, you can feel the difference, and it shows on the clock, too.

  • I look at myself as the luckiest man alive.

  • You dream what you're supposed to do

  • Unfortunately, we don't educate drivers enough to be respectful on the road.

  • A goal isn’t something you just arrive at and stop. You have to stay curious and hungry and foolish...

    "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
  • For every negative, there's a positive. It's in everything. How you deal with life, outlook, how much energy you put into achieving something. That's why I detest entitlement. Anything that's worthwhile is going to call for some sacrifice. Nothing worthwhile will come to you without a price. People think in sports, you have different rules. You really don't. It's whatever motivates you.

    "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
  • 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.

  • 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.

    Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.
  • Tom Carnegie will never be replaced.

  • Failure is sucess if we learn from it.

    "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
  • 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.

  • I don't have any feeling of accomplishment about anything unless there's a lot of risk to it.

  • 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.

    "The Mario Andretti Indy 500 Interview: Part II". Interview with Steven Capwell, www.littlepocketguide.com.
  • I'm so thankful that I've had such a long and uninterrupted [knocks wood] career... I count my blessings every day for that because it was so fulfilling.

    "The Mario Andretti Indy 500 Interview: Part II". Interview with Steven Capwell and Laini Abraham, www.littlepocketguide.com. May 27, 2011.
  • Every NASCAR driver watches Formula One in the morning; they are well informed.

  • If you're so afraid of failure, you will never succeed. You have to take chances.

  • The only thing that happens if you wait, is that you get older.

  • Circumstances may cause interruptions and delays, but never lose sight of your goal. Prepare yourself in every way you can by increasing your knowledge and adding to your experience, so that you can make the most of opportunity when it occurs.

    "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
  • Desire is the key to motivation.

    "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
  • 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.

    "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
  • A racing car is an animal with a thousand adjustments.

    "Formula 1's U.S. Fan Base 'Understated,' Andretti Says". Interview with Steve Inskeep, www.npr.org. November 19, 2012.
  • If everything seems under control, you're just not going fast enough.

    "Driving With Mario Andretti, Who at 76, Still Refuses to Slow Down". Interview with Sam Smith, www.roadandtrack.com. June 24, 2016.
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  • We hope you have found the saying you were looking for in our collection! At the moment, we have collected 65 quotes from the NASCAR Driver Mario Andretti, starting from February 28, 1940! We periodically replenish our collection so that visitors of our website can always find inspirational quotes by authors from all over the world! Come back to us again!

    Mario Andretti

    • Born: February 28, 1940
    • Occupation: NASCAR Driver