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Without good horses, you are nothing. In polo, it's 70 per cent horse, 30 per cent rider. And I have the best horses.

When you play against top players, sometimes you can play - you can play your utmost and you still get beat.

I read a statistic that in horse racing, the favourite only wins 12 per cent of their races. I'm not comparing myself to a horse or saying I'm the favourite - although my sister would say I can nag an awful lot - but nothing is guaranteed in sport. Anyone can step up and take what you perceive to be your place in the final.

Being a great horseman does not rely on physical strength but more on the mind and sensibility.

I know lots of people who climb very high in the rankings without winning a single title.

I've been lucky to ride 10 different horses at the Olympics. I'd like to think that of all of them, Big Ben - who was inducted into the Canadian Sports Hall of Fame - would still be competitive in the contemporary sport.

A lot of people think being at the top means you have to be the best at a certain game. You don't. It's more about personality.

I'm actually an equestrian, and I showed in the American Paint Horse Association and competed for top 20 in the nation.

Horses pretty much broke as a record in England.

Some of my biggest friends are big-time horse owners.