Mario Andretti Quotes

Whenever I get a task I can focus on, I get excited for that.

We only take on projects that we're really passionate about.

Without something I'm really excited about... I'd be really lost.

You'll be dedicated and that's what you should want to be in anything in life - whether it's sports or academics or your relationship. It all stems from finding that fun, that thrill, that excitement.

I think if people are passionate about something, it could be real estate or biochemistry, and that spark gets turned on in them, everyone's beautiful in that zone.

When I do something I give everything, so it has to be something that I really want to go for.

What I bring to the table is a huge enthusiasm and love for this stuff.

Passion is energy. Feel the power that comes from focusing on what excites you.

When you're excited about a project, sometimes it's hard to put a script down.

I think when you've got a passion for something, it comes out of you, and people can feel it. Then your mind is so geared towards that and how you can improve on it, and you're so excited about performing that it comes together.

I've only done what I've really wanted to burn up energy on. If you can't wake up in the morning and look forward to what you're going to do in the evening - and twice on a Wednesday and a Saturday - then it's not worth doing.

You come ready to work when you know that you are going to get a couple of gos and it. It kind of galvanizes everything and there is something about it that keeps it very alive.

You're not going to be persistent and tenacious enough if you don't love what you're doing. If it's not something that excites you, that appeals to you deep down inside.

If you're not excited by it, why do you do it?

I wish I could play the whole game and come back tomorrow.

You can't connect with something you're not passionate about.

Always work hard. Intensity clarifies. It creates not only momentum, but also the pressure you need to feel either friction, or fulfillment.

It's been really good to have a goal and go after it. That feels good.

I was so driven that sometimes you don't recognise all the good things that are happening to you.

I enjoy people who have passion, whether it is as a musician or whatever they do. All people who have success keep it very basic. Try your best. But without passion, you will not have success.

I still think that if you're excited about something, you have to work at it.

I rate enthusiasm even above professional skill.

Do not hire a man who does your work for money, but him who does it for love of it.

Enthusiasm is that secret and harmonious spirit which hovers over the production of genius.

You have to lead people to get excited and be passionate and be activated by what you do.