Quotes about "Mindfulness & Presence"

When I started off riding, you dream about being champion jockey. Then I wanted to be champion jockey again. Then I wanted to ride 200 winners in a season. Then, when there was a chance of riding more winners than Richard Dunwoody, that was my goal. ”

It always hurts a bit to pick the 'wrong one' in a race as big as the Champion Hurdle, and then, to make matters worse, you go and get beat by the horse you rejected. ”

In my opinion, the power of the mind in sport is vital. If you can overpower those physical risks mentally, you can get your body round it physically. I've made my body do things because of my mind that it shouldn't have been able to do. ”

When I'm injured, I eat everything - proper junk. That's the one thing about being injured so much, I get to treat myself. ”

There are many tough sides to being a jockey. Injury is something we all dread, but spending lengthy periods in the bath or the sauna just to shed a few pounds can be an exhausting and draining experience. ”

You need fear and doubt to drive you on. Without it, you end up living in the past and being happy with what you have achieved. ”

People should decide what success means for them, and not be distracted by accepting others' definitions of success. ”

I'm in that comfortable niche where I'm not that famous and sometimes people do need to put a barrier between them and their followers. When you're real famous you need to do that but I'm not that famous so I don't need that kind of barrier. ”

For me, if the music is good, whether the artist is famous or unknown, I love being part of the music and contributing what I can to the bass end. ”

I don't miss being in the dugout - I'll make that clear. ”