Mario Andretti Quotes

I love speed. I love racing cars, whether it's on the streets or wherever. Don't tell the St. Louis police, though.

First time I looked at a Formula One car in person, I just stared at the cockpit, figuring I'd never get in there. The drivers wear the whole car like a tight-fitting suit.

Qualifying is all about putting everything that you have and that the car has in one lap. It's like a rush, I really enjoy that.

Driving a race car is like dancing with a chain saw.

I love fast cars... and to go too fast in them.

Car love is the sound of a throaty V-8 rumbling and revving, the acceleration throwing you back in the seat - especially when you get on a beautiful, winding road and the light's dappling through the trees.

Maybe the bike is more dangerous, but the passion for the car for me is second to the bike.

Every little kid has always wanted to be a race car driver. This gets some of that out.

James Finch is exactly what I'm looking for, as far as getting back into the race car to have fun.

I just feel rejuvenated in such a big way because of these race cars I get to drive.

When drivers are going at their best, trying their hardest, taking chances and doing amazing things, that's what fans love.

You get such a visceral thrill driving a race car. You think you've driven, and then you're like, 'Oh, I was doing something for 20 years that I didn't realize I hadn't experienced the real version of.'

The smell of fuel, driving on the limit on the edge of sliding, it just gives you a lot of adrenaline.

I remember, as a young man, wanting to experience a car going at those speeds and being visually nourished by something which I loved so much. And I wanted to race fast cars and have a good time.

The car drives really really good so far. No changes on the next pit stop. It's great, I can hold it down right along the bottom here in the corners I'm just ridin' around out here just waiting until later to make a move

Pure driving, pure racing, that´s what makes me happy.

I'd be a race car driver. I love fast cars.

There is always the excitement of running races.

I think it would be very exciting to do a track like Silverstone the other way around, to arrive so quick in Becketts and then Maggotts would be very exciting.

The first run in a four-man sled was one of the most nerve-wracking I've had in my life.

Short-circuit racing is full of health and safety, but the reason I ride a motorbike is because of the danger, and there is no place more dangerous than the TT.

Bobsledding is like sprinting with NASCAR. You get to push these 400-pound sleds as fast as you can down a hill and hop in. How could you not enjoy that?

This is what I have always done in my life, just racing and driving cars and go-karts fast.

From GP3 to Formula 2, it's obviously a step, but it's only a step on driving I would say. Here from Formula 2 to Formula 1, it's a huge step on driving because we have nearly 400 BHP more, with a lot more downforce. So it's a completely different car.

Certainly driving a Ferrari is, at the same time, a dream come true, a huge responsibility and a great honor.