154 Quotes by Mario Andretti

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

"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."

"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."

"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."

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

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

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

"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."

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

"I lived the true American dream, because I was able to pursue what I set as my goals at a very young age."