154 Quotes by Mario Andretti

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

"In NASCAR, you can do a lot of banging around and get pretty serious and even get yourself upside down. All of those things can happen - and then you give an interview two seconds later."

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

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

"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."

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

"I think it's counterproductive in many ways to pretend to know things you don't. You surround yourself with people who are the real experts."

"The banked oval tracks are obsolete tracks for Indy cars."

"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."

"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."