Whether it's horses or whatever it is you do, it doesn't become an art until your soul goes into what you do.

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

Horses are very keen on body language, and what I refer to as “presence”, and expression. They know quite a bit about you before you ever get to ‘em. They can read things about you clear across an arena.

I’m just trying to get people to understand horses. You have to be consistent and logical, use your brain, and not be emotional and not lose your temper.

The horse is so honest.... they live in the moment. And what they do, whether they need to protect themselves or whether they need to accept you really is directly relative to how you make them feel.

There are things that change all through your life the way you deal with people, the way you approach problems.

Whether one was going to have a horse, or a dog, or a child, with that comes a great responsibility to raise them.