Chris LeDoux Quotes

The breeding programs for the bulls have improved significantly. The bulls are at a much higher caliber.

I always was one who didn't take things for granted. But I think I do appreciate things more now. The small moments of joy that we find each day are so much more precious now than when I looked at them before.

Sometimes a hard day's work is easier than a lot of things you can meet in life.

If you're lucky enough to draw a good horse, you still have to ride him, then the next ones. So It's probably 80 percent luck and 20 percent skill.

I can remember sittin in a cafe when I first started in rodeo, and waitin until somebody got done so I could finish what they left.

My partner and I won the race, and I threw my hat into the air and bent to pick it up. Everyone started laughin' because I had split the back end of my pants out, and I wasn't wearing shorts.

So it's probably eighty percent luck and twenty percent skill.

When you get a little older, you think, I'd like to make a little money and stick it away or buy a place - or win the world championship.

And takin' a bath in the creek. That's the stuff that really made it worthwhile. Anybody can stay in a motel.

You'll probably get three horses and you have to draw a good buckin' horse. That's mighty tough.

You get to where you kind of like it, and It's a habit That's hard to break. I still find myself sittin' in a cafe, like a pizza parlor.

I don't know what makes a guy want to write songs and sing, but if you've got a message, you want to get it across. When I come up with an idea about the way I feel, I can really state it strongly in a song.

You hope your buddies will win so you don't have to loan them any money.

In fact my son subscribes to Pro Bull Rider magazine.

Sleepin' in the truck wasn't so bad. Shoot, I kind of liked that, myself.

I only won $250 all summer. And then I got crippled. I had a horse step on me while performing and it was messed up for a while.

I'm healed up and I feel great. After going through the fire, it's great to be out performing again.

I admire bull riders for their passion and the uniqueness each one of them has.

When I come up with an idea about the way I feel, I can really state it strongly in a song.

My best year I made $25,000. Of course, that was back in the '70s.

I really didn't go that hard, although a couple of years I did. Some guys work 125 to 130 rodeos a year. they're just goin' all the time.

Why not just do something a little more on the gentle side?