I don't want the horse to get trained, because training the horse is absolutely finite. But if you get the horse to where he operates as if to be your legs, an extension of you, you've far-exceeded that whole training notion.

My daughter's all grown up now compared to what she was, but I used to say, I’ve got to have my horse to where if she’s leading my horse somewhere, and she’s got a big armload of Barbies and drops something out of her hand, that son of a buck ought to stop and respect her while she’s gathering up all her dolls and not to walk on her or take advantage of her. And if I’ve done my work right, by gosh, that’s what they’ll do.

You can't think of everything in life your horse might encounter that might make him afraid so you'd better prepare em for it in other ways.

Most people don't realize how little it takes to get a horse to move.

A lot of times, rather than helping people with horse problems, I'm helping horses with people problems.

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

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