Mario Andretti

“The United States is the only country where a driver can have a successful career - either in stock cars or IndyCar - and he won't need a passport.”

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

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

“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.”

“Long Beach is the best. I tell everyone that.”

“Age doesn't affect driving - how do you like that?”

“Can the U.S. support two Formula 1 races? I think so.”

“Not all teammates tell the truth.”

“You dream what you're supposed to do.”

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

“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.”

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

“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.”

“I always say that every win has something that is special.”

“Staging Formula One is incredibly expensive.”

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

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

“I love all motor sports at the top level.”

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

“Nobody had race savvy like Al Unser in his prime.”