Mario Andretti

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

— Mario Andretti

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

— Mario Andretti

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

— Mario Andretti

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

— Mario Andretti

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

— 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…

— 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…

— Mario Andretti

If you are comfortable and everything seems controlled, you are not going fast enough.

— 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

I see all these old people who don't have anything to do but eat, drink and sleep. I will never say 'retired'…

— Mario Andretti

But really - look at the span of my career, and it's something people dream about. And to be spared major injury:…

— Mario Andretti

The banked oval tracks are obsolete tracks for Indy cars.

— Mario Andretti

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

You dream what you're supposed to do

— Mario Andretti

Do it no matter what. If you believe in it, it is something very honorable. If somebody around you or your family…

— Mario Andretti

Foreign players is what makes golf so popular now.

— 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…

— Mario Andretti

You're safer in the race car than you are in cars going to and from the track.

— Mario Andretti

Speed takes a little bit of getting used to, but rules have to be followed. At any speed, the more you run,…

— Mario Andretti

I still have the competitive spirit, which is good.

— 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…

— Mario Andretti

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

— Mario Andretti

Every NASCAR driver watches Formula One in the morning; they are well informed.

— Mario Andretti

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

— Mario Andretti

It seemed like whenever I got a bona fide offer from Ferrari, I couldn't do it. And vice versa - when I…

— Mario Andretti