Quotes by Mario Andretti

About Mario Andretti:

Mario Gabriele Andretti is a retired Italian American world champion racing driver, one of the most successful Americans in the history of the sport. He is one of only two drivers to win races in Formula One, IndyCar, World Sportscar Championship and NASCAR (the other being Dan Gurney). He also won races in midget cars, and sprint cars. During his career, Andretti won the 1978 Formula One World Championship, four IndyCar titles (three under USAC-sanctioning, one under CART), and IROC VI. To date, he remains the only driver ever to win the Indianapolis 500 (1969), Daytona 500 (1967) and the Formula One World Championship, and, along with Juan Pablo Montoya, the only driver to have won a race in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, Formula One, and an Indianapolis 500. No American has won a Formula One race since Andretti's victory at the 1978 Dutch Grand Prix. Andretti had 109 career wins on major circuits.
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I lived the true American dream, because I was able to pursue what I set as my goals at a very young age.

Mario Andretti

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.

Mario Andretti

Age doesn't affect driving - how do you like that?

Mario Andretti

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...

Mario Andretti

The most important thing at Daytona is, are you going to have friends willing to work with you during the race as far as drafting? You've got to have friends out there. You can't do it alone. You form those relationships as the race moves along.

Mario Andretti

The day of parochialism in sports is over. The world is too small for what people like to call 'the good old days.' Fans want the best, wherever they come from.

Mario Andretti

Long Beach is the best. I tell everyone that.

Mario Andretti

You do the best you can with what's thrown at you, then you try again.

Mario Andretti

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

Mario Andretti

If you wait, all that happens is that you get older.

Mario Andretti

Everything comes to those who wait... except a cat.

Mario Andretti

Circumstances may cause interruptions and delays, but never lose sight of your goal.

Mario Andretti

I count my blessings every day, quite honestly, because I take nothing for granted.

Mario Andretti

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

Mario Andretti

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

Mario Andretti

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

Mario Andretti

Anybody who can drive and doesn't come out of it a rich man is a fool.

Mario Andretti

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.

Mario Andretti

The man upstairs is pushing the buttons, and if your name happens to be on that button, well, thank you.

Mario Andretti

Tom Carnegie will never be replaced.

Mario Andretti

Author Bio

  • NameMario Andretti
  • DescriptionItalian-American racecar driver
  • AliasesMario Gabriele Andretti
  • BornFebruary 28, 1940
  • CountryUnited States Of America; Italy
  • ProfessionFormula One Driver; Racing Driver