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I am disappointed when I don't win, because I want to believe I can win on every horse I ride, which is a ridiculous thing to think. Even if I'm on a horse that I have woken up thinking has no chance, by the time I've reached the course, I'll have convinced myself that it can win and will be disappointed if it doesn't.

You can't win the Kentucky Derby unless you're on a thoroughbred.

If a horse has four legs, and I'm riding it, I think I can win.

I've always been that way where, if something doesn't work out the first time, I won't try to beat a dead horse.

No, I'm not a horse better. Every once in a while somebody will give me a sure thing and of course it's not.

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

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 get on a good horse, you just know. They are powerful, they stop quickly, they can turn in both directions, and they are fast.

I think anybody who bets on horses and says they win is probably a liar.