Indy 500 Quotes

• I watched the Indy 500, and I was thinking that if they left earlier they wouldn't have to go so fast.

  Steven Wright

  Funny, Motivational Sports, Humor

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• I want to win a championship and to win the Indy 500 makes me want it so much more.

  Scott Dixon

  Winning, Want, Championship

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• Success is where preparation and opportunity meet.

  Bobby Unser

  Success, Sports, Opportunity

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• Charging a man with murder in this place was like handing out speeding tickets at the Indy 500.

  John Milius

  Men, Tickets, Murder

  "Fictional character: Willard". "Apocalypse Now", www.imdb.com. 1979.

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• There are races and then there are races. And without a doubt, the Indy 500 is the race that I've always wanted to attend. And now, to be driving the Corvette Pace Car... this is going to be unbelievable.

  Guy Fieri

  Race, Car, Doubt

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

  Danica Patrick

  Party, Jeans, Tanks

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• So many people have that story as to how they could have maybe won the Indy 500, which is for me the ultimate goal. I would imagine for a lot of people it's the ultimate goal. It's definitely high up on the list.

  Danica Patrick

  People, Goal, Stories

  "Danica Patrick talks about the Indy 500". Press Conference, www.newsday.com. May 19, 2011.

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• Indy car racing is much more aggressive.

  Emerson Fittipaldi

  Sports, Car, Racing

  Interview with Paul Schienberg, psychedonline.com. August 2, 2002.

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• But the broader lesson of the first Industrial Revolution is more like the Indy 500 than John Henry: economic progress comes from constant innovation in which people race with machines. Human and machine collaborate together in a race to produce more, to capture markets, and to beat other teams of humans and machines.

  Erik Brynjolfsson

  Team, Race, People

  Erik Brynjolfsson, Andrew McAfee (2012). “Race Against the Machine: How the Digital Revolution is Accelerating Innovation, Driving Productivity, and Irreversibly Transforming Employment and the Economy”, p.59, Brynjolfsson and McAfee

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• My first Indy 500 was one of my high points. I ended up qualifying fourth and I finished fourth. I had a win in Japan a few years later, and then qualifying for Daytona was great as well.

  Danica Patrick

  Winning, Japan, Years

  Source: www.askmen.com

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