Mario Andretti Race Quotations

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

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.

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.

The first time I fired up a car, felt the engine shudder and the wheel come to life in my hands, I was hooked. It was a feeling I can't describe. I still get it every time I get into a race car.

My biggest concern during a race is getting bored. The biggest thing I have to combat is falling asleep while going around and around.

I will always enter a race car from the left side. Always. Why? I have no idea.

I go to bed is around 11, and I do that for every race. I get good sleep. I don't lie awake for any race. That's my routine.