The Best Speed Racer quotes

In NASCAR, you can do a lot of banging around and get pretty serious and even get yourself upside down. All of those things can happen–and then you give an interview two seconds later. — Mario Andretti

If everything’s under control, you’re going too slow. — Mario Andretti

You do the best you can with what’s thrown at you, then you try again. — Mario Andretti

If you feel like you’re under control, you’re just not going fast enough. — Mario Andretti

Motor racing is like one big family, ultimately, and when you come back to it, that’s really what it feels like. — Mario Andretti

I don’t want to go out there and do something 3,000 other people can do. — Mario Andretti

I don’t remember as a kid wanting to do or be anything else but drive something, be a race driver. — Mario Andretti

A racing car is an animal with a thousand adjustments. — Mario Andretti

I don’t have any feeling of accomplishment about anything unless there’s a lot of risk to it. — Mario Andretti

At Indy, we are the NASA of the production–car world, and that’s clearly why manufacturers are involved–it’s such a good testbed. — Mario Andretti

Al Unser Sr. was one of the smartest drivers I’ve ever raced against. And I often said, I wish I could’ve had some of his patience. I know it would have worked for me many times. — Mario Andretti

Whenever you’re aggressive, you’re at the edge of mistakes. — Mario Andretti

The banked oval tracks are obsolete tracks for Indy cars. — Mario Andretti

Anybody who can drive and doesn’t come out of it a rich man is a fool. — Mario Andretti

I love all motor sports at the top level. — Mario Andretti

Staging Formula One is incredibly expensive. — Mario Andretti

The man upstairs is pushing the buttons, and if your name happens to be on that button, well, thank you. — Mario Andretti

You’re safer in the race car than you are in cars going to and from the track. — Mario Andretti

My last race was at Le Mans in 2000, my first race was in 1959, so I dodged a lot of bullets along the way, I can tell you that. — Mario Andretti

Nobody had race savvy like Al Unser in his prime. — Mario Andretti

You should never get away from where the real foundation of Formula One has been, which is Europe. Of course, there is nothing wrong with the expansion to countries like Asia, China, Malaysia. — Mario Andretti

I still have the competitive spirit, which is good. — Mario Andretti

I like to think that the Grand Prix helped Long Beach to pretty much change its image. — Mario Andretti

On ‘Into The Wild’ I spent months risking my life and on ‘Speed Racer’ I spent 60 days acting in front of a green screen. No danger to my physical self, but I sure had to use my imagination. — Emile Hirsch

I wanted to have a career that would last a hundred years if possible. — Mario Andretti

The United States is the only country where a driver can have a successful career–either in stock cars or IndyCar–and he won’t need a passport. — Mario Andretti

Everything comes to those who wait… except a cat. — Mario Andretti

I’ve always said, ‘I didn’t have a Plan B in life.’ I was in pursuit of my dream from the very beginning. It’s all about desire and passion. At all costs. — Mario Andretti