Mario Andretti Quotes

Whatever it takes its fine.

The harder you work, the harder it is to surrender.

Being a good teammate is when you try to sprint down a ball that everyone thinks is going out of bounds. But you go after it anyways and you get it.

You aren't going to find anybody that's going to be successful without making a sacrifice and without perseverance.

The vision of a champion is bent over, drenched in sweat, at the point of exhaustion, when nobody else is looking.

I think you have regrets when you didn't give it everything you had, and I always felt like I did. Whether it was good enough or not, that has nothing to do with the fact that I tried my best to give my team a chance to win, year in and year out.

Easy is not an option!

If I have to run to put myself in the hospital, if I have to run that hard, that's how hard I'll have to run.

When I was young, I would try to give the right answers. 'I'm going to try to slide.' But at the end of the day, I finally realized that I am going to do whatever it takes. I'm going to leave everything out there.

I've decided that whether I succeed or fail, I have to give it 100 per cent. That way, at least I know I tried.

I'm always willing to do whatever it takes.

If we wanted something, we had to earn it.

Once we decided to be in this industry, we have to be ready for everything. You have to be strong but hard working. No pain, no gain.

The price of championships will never change. It's been set long before me. It will be the same long after me. That price is hard work, sweat, blood, tears, fatigue and exhaustion and doing so much more than what is required of you.

If you want to do something for the rest of your life, it's not going to be easy, especially being a pro hockey player, so you need to work at it.

I never wanted to take the easy way, and I was always willing to hustle.

There are times you need more than talent, and so you have to make sure you give your all and leave everything out there on the pitch.

You have to give it your all to be successful.

Sometimes success is simply being willing to give it your all.

Perseverance does not always mean sticking to the same thing forever. It means giving full concentration and effort to whatever you are doing right now.

There's nothing I wouldn't do, no matter how dirty or hard.

If you put your mind to something, if you give 100 percent, if you sacrifice, and if you dedicate yourself, anything is truly possible.

I believe that rewards in life are deserved. Every reward is the fruit of discipline, of dedication and of sacrifices. And of stubbornness.

You can't be afraid of hard work or long hours. Sacrifice is important.

And that's my point: all great things worth having require great sacrifice worth giving.