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.

The horse saved my life, so that's kind of why I'll spend the rest of mine trying to help them.

A horse can have a job and not be a slave. He can look forward to it and enjoy it. That's the same for me.

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

The horse needs to respect you, but sometimes people confuse respect & fear. And they're not the same at all.

There is something in the human psyche that there is a connection between horses and humans, a real special kind of a thing, and I guess it’s always been there. I hope it will always be there, I hope we don’t evolve past that.

Gentle in what you do, Firm in how you do it