You're trying to figure out a way to meet a horse to where he can understand. And to me, it's not to train a horse, it's to try to get the horse with you where it's one mind and one body. You may spend your whole life chasing that, but it's a good thing to chase.

When riding, ask yourself what will my horse get out of it if I get what I want? Many times, human nature is to take and to not give anything back.

You're trying to figure out a way to meet a horse to where he can understand. And to me, it's not to train a horse, it's to try to get the horse with you where it's one mind and one body. You may spend your whole life chasing that, but it's a good thing to chase.

I take the horsemanship very seriously and I treat it with the same integrity that one would any of the fine arts.

Simply put; I'm trying to see what I can get done with the horse without him being troubled about doing it.

Controlling your emotions is the biggest challenge for a horseman.

There are things that the horse did for me that a human couldn't have done.