Latest Mario Andretti Quotes from Interviews

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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?

  Mario Andretti

  Dream, Careers, People

  Source: www.caranddriver.com

• I think social media really is a great tool. It fascinates me when I tweet something and right away you get a response almost immediately.

  Mario Andretti

  Thinking, Media, Tools

  "The Mario Andretti Indy 500 Interview: Part II". Interview with Steven Capwell, www.littlepocketguide.com.

• It takes a lifetime to build tradition.

  Mario Andretti

  Tradition, Lifetime

  "Q&A: Mario, Pook, George Bruggenthies". Interview with Adam Saal, www.crash.net. April 26, 2003.

• I don't have many superstitions, just dumb things I don't talk about. I will not sign an autograph with a green pen.

  Mario Andretti

  Dumb, Green, Superstitions

  "The Mario Andretti Indy 500 Interview: Part II". Interview with Steven Capwell, www.littlepocketguide.com.

• I will always enter a race car from the left side. Always. Why? I have no idea.

  Mario Andretti

  Race, Ideas, Car

  "The Mario Andretti Indy 500 Interview: Part II". Interview with Steven Capwell, www.littlepocketguide.com.

• 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.

  Mario Andretti

  Lying, Sleep, Race

  "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.

  Mario Andretti

  Golden, Miles, Belts

  "The Mario Andretti Indy 500 Interview: Part II". Interview with Steven Capwell, www.littlepocketguide.com.

• Young drivers are supposed to be hard on equipment. That's how you learn.

  Mario Andretti

  Equipment, Young, Drivers

  "The Mario Andretti Indy 500 Interview: Part II". Interview with Steven Capwell, www.littlepocketguide.com.

• 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.

  Mario Andretti

  Taken, Vacation, Discipline

  "The Mario Andretti Indy 500 Interview: Part II". Interview with Steven Capwell, www.littlepocketguide.com.

• Speed is relative. You have to live it. You can't just jump into it. You have to live it all the time.

  Mario Andretti

  Speed, Relative

  "The Mario Andretti Indy 500 Interview: Part II". Interview with Steven Capwell, www.littlepocketguide.com.

• 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.

  Mario Andretti

  Running, Littles, Speed

  "The Mario Andretti Indy 500 Interview: Part II". Interview with Steven Capwell, www.littlepocketguide.com.

• I had no problems staying motivated because things that were happening were things I looked forward to.

  Mario Andretti

  Problem, Motivated, Staying

  "The Mario Andretti Indy 500 Interview: Part II". Interview with Steven Capwell, www.littlepocketguide.com.

• 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.

  Mario Andretti

  Experts, Aids, 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.

  Mario Andretti

  Blessing, Careers, Long

  "The Mario Andretti Indy 500 Interview: Part II". Interview with Steven Capwell and Laini Abraham, www.littlepocketguide.com. May 27, 2011.

• 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.

  Mario Andretti

  Satisfaction, Horror, Speed

  "The Mario Andretti Indy 500 Interview: Part II". Interview with Steven Capwell, www.littlepocketguide.com.

• I never personally name anyone. I am not comfortable rating other drivers.

  Mario Andretti

  Names, Rating, Drivers