Mario Andretti Quotes

Nascar will certainly not be one of my challenges in the future.

I like the competition that Nextel Cup gives us. The schedule is difficult. But this is something I want to do for sure.

At the after-party of the Indy 500, I'm usually wearing jeans and a tank top.

There is no other way to start the season than to win the Daytona 500.

I grew up wearing free racing T-shirts.

We're going to do whatever it takes to bring that NASCAR style of racing on the track to full fruition. That's simply what we have to do.

To win on a mile-and-a-half is big for me.

If NASCAR racing gets any more exciting, I may not be able to stand it.

I grew up in the North of England at a time when Stirling Moss was a hero. Everyone wanted to be a racing driver.

Talladega is one of the macho tracks on the circuit and when I was a kid, I remember everyone wanting to go watch this race because the cars go so fast on the circuit; there were so many great battles.

I have a passion for racing, for competing and for fighting on the track.

For me I'm a NASCAR driver, and I want to be able to win NASCAR championships.

I just love the American spirit of racing. It feels just great to get involved with that.

I was happy to ski and play a lot of ice hockey. But I've come back because I was - and am - a racing driver. This is what I do.

I've never seen a NASCAR race; I've seen an Indianapolis 500 race.

I have a lot of great racing memories growing up in Europe as a young boy - playing with car parts on my dad's desk, watching the races on Sunday afternoons to try and spot him on TV, even having the chance to go to Formula 1 races where he was working.

James Finch has always had pretty stout cars for the restrictor-plate races and I know we'll be very competitive at Daytona.

Anything happens in Grand Prix racing, and it usually does.

Racing a thoroughbred grand prix car in front of a home crowd will be a surreal and mighty experience.

Indy car racing is much more aggressive.

As an individual, not as the boss of a company, I am very interested in motor racing.

Winning the Indy 500 in 1995 and the Formula 1 championship in 1997 are very special moments for me, and the people in NASCAR show me respect for what I've achieved so far in my career.

My time at Honda was amazing. Some of my best times in Formula One, actually. I might not have won races, just one race, but I had a lot of fun.

My goal is to be a racer, and I want to be someone who inspires Americans to watch Formula One.

As a driver, you always dream of winning a F1 race, and to win so early on in my career was very special.