Mario Andretti

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

“I wanted to have a career that would last a hundred years if possible.”

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

“If you weren't on Chris Economaki's radar screen, you probably weren't on anybody's.”

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

“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.”

“Desire is the key to motivation, but it's the determination and commitment to unrelenting pursuit of your goal - a commitment to excellence - that will enable you to attain the success you seek.”

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

“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.”

“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.”

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

“What I learned is that in business you must make decisions based on facts, not react with your heart.”

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

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

“I like to think that the Grand Prix helped Long Beach to pretty much change its image.”

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

“I wish we could be 100% shielded from danger, but nothing is in life.”

“I look at myself as the luckiest man alive.”

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

“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.”