Mario Andretti Quotes

It's good to know where you come from. It makes you what you are today. It's DNA, it's in your blood.

We all need a past - that's where our sense of identity comes from.

My African roots made me what I am today. They're the reason I exist at all.

I've always known that my father's father and grandfather and grandmother were from Mexico. I've never denied it. I've always said it.

I've known where my heritage is from all along.

For a while, I thought a lot about lineage. Where do I belong? Who am I standing next to?

Everybody's got family, or they don't have family, but they come from somewhere.

I have blood from Dutch and Norwegian.

My Irish derivation has nothing to do with me. Why should it?

It's always good to remember where you come from and celebrate it. To remember where you come from is part of where you're going.

You always want to know what happened before you. It's a human instinct to know where you came from and what preceded you.

You can properly call him a son of anything you please.

As you get older, you get more... genealogical.

I was researching my family tree, and I was deeply hoping I was going to turn out to be Eastern European, but I'm not.

One time, I went to school, and they asked us all to find out where our roots were. It's goin' around the class, and the kids were going, 'I'm Swedish-German' or 'I'm English-Irish.' They got to me and I said, 'Pure Kentuckian.'

I'm proud of who I am, where I came from, what I was born into, and I would represent that till I die.

I know where I come from and what my roots are.

The most important thing in life is to know where you come from, and I know where I come from.

We have to redefine what we mean when we say, 'Who are your people?' 'Where are you from?'

Kunta Kinte's strength derives from the knowledge of where he comes from, but it struck me that I don't know where I come from. I understand that my last name is Kirby, that I was born in London, third-generation Jamaican, and at some point along the line, that name was changed. I didn't know my history past my grandparents.

You've got to remember where you come from.

It's good to know where you've come from.

I never, by any regard, ever denied any part of my family roots.

Sometimes it can be easy to forget where your roots are or where you came from.

Greek blood courses through me.