If you act like you've only got fifteen minutes, it'll take all day. Act like you've got all day and it'll take fifteen minutes.

I had been riding horses before my memory kicked in, so my life with horses had no beginning. It simply appeared from the fog of infancy. I survived a difficult childhood by traveling on the backs of horses, and in adulthood the pattern didn't change.

When training young horses "There are many types of bits for many different disciplines, but the severity of ALL bits lies in the hands holding them."

Everybody ought to be given a chance to do whatever they want, but be responsible for their own actions.

When educating horses there is no greater maxim than slow is fast and fast is slow.

It is not good enough to get your horse to do what you want. It is far better to cause your horse to want to do it.

The wonder of Independence is that it encourages open minds and the desire to improve.