Andretti Quotes & Sayings

Long Beach is the best. I tell everyone that. — Mario Andretti

If CART continues on, it's just going to drag all of open-wheel racing down. — Michael Andretti

Sometimes you have to bring back only the steering wheel so the car owner will know that you're giving it all you have. — Mario Andretti

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 — Mario Andretti

A father-son relationship is strong, like no other teammates. You could be straightforward with one another. — Mario Andretti

What is golden is miles under your belt, miles, miles, miles. — Mario Andretti

If you don't come walking back to the pits every once in a while holding a steering wheel in your hands, you're not trying hard enough — Mario Andretti

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

From a prestige standpoint, the U.S. needs to host Formula 1. And I think Formula 1, they know they need the U.S. as well. So many companies that are global are based in the United States support Formula 1. — 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 constitution of our country says that all men are created equal, but it's a lie. I'll never be able to make a jump shot like Magic Johnson, or drive a car like Mario Andretti, or paint like Picasso. We are not created equal in talent. But the place where we are least equal is the heart. You can work at a talent, take lessons, but love, love either works or it doesn't. You love someone or you don't. You can't change it. You can't undo it. - A Lick of Frost — Laurell K. Hamilton

CART is one of the safest racing series in the world. — Michael Andretti

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

But it was definitely a car trailing me and quickly I prepared myself for a great dash. I began quickening my step and when it stopped alongside me I could stand it no longer.
"My father's a cop and he'll kill you," I screeched without looking.
"No, he's a barrister," I heard Michael Andretti say in a calm voice, "and he'll kill you if you don't get into this car. — Melina Marchetta

If the Indy Racing League didn't have the Indianapolis 500, do you think it would have lasted more than six months? No chance. — Mario Andretti

A racing car is an animal with a thousand adjustments. — Mario Andretti

You should never get away from where the real foundation of Formula One has been, which is Europe. Of course, there is nothing wrong with the expansion to countries like Asia, China, Malaysia. — Mario Andretti

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. — Mario Andretti

Staging Formula One is incredibly expensive. — Mario Andretti

If you think you're always in control, then you're not going fast enough. — Mario Andretti

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

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

A goal isn't something you just arrive at and stop.You have to stay curious and hungry and foolish ... — Mario Andretti

I still have the competitive spirit, which is good. — Mario Andretti

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

Running on different types of racetracks is challenging - not only for the drivers, but even more for the team members who have to make adjustments to the cars before each race. — Michael Andretti

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

Love what you do. Believe in your instincts. And you'd better be able to pick yourself up and brush yourself off every day. — Mario Andretti

All of the courses that run through real streets are very demanding. There is no room for error, no shoulders to lean on. If you go off the road, you're into somebody's shop-window or front porch. — 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

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. — Mario Andretti

I always say that every win has something that is special. — Mario Andretti

As far as I'm concerned, Parnelli Jones was the greatest driver of his era. He had aggressiveness and also a finesse that no one else possessed. And he won with everything he put his hands on, including off-road. — Mario Andretti

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. — Mario Andretti

The crashes people remember, but drivers remember the near misses. — Mario Andretti

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

The banked oval tracks are obsolete tracks for Indy cars. — Mario Andretti

In the U.S., we really have fallen short of road-racing facilities that have kept up with the times, unfortunately, but it's a fact. — Mario Andretti

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

When you're in the back of the pack, you can gamble a little bit more. — Michael Andretti

Desire is the key to motivation. — Mario Andretti

My wife loves football, but I think she's resigned to the fact that I'll never make it there. — Mario Andretti

I look at myself as the luckiest man alive. — Mario Andretti

I never personally name anyone. I am not comfortable rating other drivers. — Mario Andretti

I love all motor sports at the top level. — Mario Andretti

If everything seems under control, you're not going fast enough. — Mario Andretti

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

You see people in the left lane, and as long as they are on the speed limit, they stay there. Get in the right lane and let people pass you - let the police worry about somebody who wants to speed. Don't force them pass in the right lane and zig zag, which can create an accident, just because you think you're correct. — Mario Andretti

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

At Indy, we are the NASA of the production-car world, and that's clearly why manufacturers are involved - it's such a good testbed. — Mario Andretti

Foreign players is what makes golf so popular now. — Mario Andretti

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, — Mario Andretti

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

If you weren't on Chris Economaki's radar screen, you probably weren't on anybody's. — Mario Andretti

I'm so thankful that I've had such a long and uninterrupted career. I count my blessings every day for that because it was so fulfilling. — Mario Andretti

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

One thing I would like to see is a stronger ladder series for up-and-coming American drivers. — Michael Andretti

I don't want to go out there and do something 3,000 other people can do. — Mario Andretti

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. — 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

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

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. — Mario Andretti

When you start thinking you may get hurt, it's time to get out of racing. — Mario Andretti

You dream what you're supposed to do. — Mario Andretti

There is so much more demand for Formula One than it can supply. You have governments investing in circuits all over the world, and the private sector sometimes has a tough time competing with that. — Mario Andretti

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

Not all teammates tell the truth. — Mario Andretti

If you don't feel out of control, you're not driving fast enough. — Mario Andretti

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

It's (Phil Niekro's knuckleball) like watching Mario Andretti park a car. — Ralph Kiner

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. — Mario Andretti

Nothing compares to the Indianapolis 500. — Mario Andretti

I love technology - yes, I have fallen in love with older cars, but I'm all for new technology. — Mario Andretti

I've always said, 'I didn't have a Plan B in life.' I was in pursuit of my dream from the very beginning. It's all about desire and passion. At all costs. — Mario Andretti

It takes a lifetime to build tradition. — Mario Andretti

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

At Andretti Winery, I'm not the winemaker. — Mario Andretti

I love talking to interesting people - people like O.J. Simpson, Andretti ... I love champions. A champion has something special about him. — Kirk Douglas

Failure is sucess if we learn from it. — Mario Andretti

I don't remember as a kid wanting to do or be anything else but drive something, be a race driver. — Mario Andretti

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

Quite honestly, I treat myself with cars I really want to drive, and I have some flexibility to do that. — Mario Andretti

Whatever the changes, from one era to the next, Pocono has maintained its character and significance to me, and it always will. My family shares this sentiment. — Mario Andretti

Motor racing is like one big family, ultimately, and when you come back to it, that's really what it feels like. — Mario Andretti

I like to think that the Grand Prix helped Long Beach to pretty much change its image. — Mario Andretti

My biggest concern during a race is getting bored. The biggest thing I have to combat is falling asleep while going around and around. — Mario Andretti

I see all these old people who don't have anything to do but eat, drink and sleep. I will never say 'retired' because that's such a finality that I don't want to be part of my life. I'll work until they throw me in a box. — Mario Andretti

If you feel like you're under control, you're just not going fast enough. — Mario Andretti

The only thing that happens if you wait, is that you get older. — Mario Andretti

Tom Carnegie will never be replaced. — Mario Andretti

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

I've driven just about every kind of car there is. — Mario Andretti

It makes great conversation to discuss what's wrong with open-wheel racing today. — Mario Andretti

I wanted to have a career that would last a hundred years if possible. — Mario Andretti

Can the U.S. support two Formula 1 races? I think so. — Mario Andretti

The passport changes but the blood doesn't — Mario Andretti

With tennis, you can go pick up a racket, take a lesson, and understand how much talent and skill it takes to be as good as the top pros. Same with golf: pick up a club. But not many can go out and get in a race car and experience a drive at over 200 miles an hour. — Mario Andretti

It seemed like whenever I got a bona fide offer from Ferrari, I couldn't do it. And vice versa - when I was ready, their seats were taken. We always had a relationship, but what's important is that I pretty much started my F1 career with them and ended it there, too. — Mario Andretti

Everything comes to those who wait ... except a cat. — Mario Andretti