Buck Brannaman

You can't look forward and backward at the same time…...so I choose to look forward.

— Buck Brannaman

The horse is a mirror to your soul... and sometimes you might not like what you see in the mirror.

— Buck Brannaman

Simply put; I'm trying to see what I can get done with the horse without him being troubled about doing it.

— Buck Brannaman

If you miss the beginning, the basics, then you are destined to go back and visit the basics.

— Buck Brannaman

When you find that the horse is compelled and interested in you, something in you changes. That can be healing or move…

— Buck Brannaman

Horses are incredibly forgiving. They fill in places we're not capable of filling ourselves.

— Buck Brannaman

The horse saved my life, so that's kind of why I'll spend the rest of mine trying to help them.

— Buck Brannaman

All your horse looks for is the thing that matters most, peace and contentment. Give it to him.

— Buck Brannaman

Theoretically, the human is supposed to be the smart one. Well, if we are, then we need to be able to adjust…

— Buck Brannaman

I often tell people in the clinics, the human possesses the one thing that means more to the horse than anything in…

— Buck Brannaman

I started to realize that things would come much easier for me once I learned why a horse does what he does.…

— Buck Brannaman

In life, we don't know why things happen. I believe God is not responsible for the bad things that happen to you.…

— Buck Brannaman

When you see a horse that’s troubled, you sort of feel sorry for them, yet that doesn’t mean that you wouldn’t still…

— Buck Brannaman

It's a matter of timing and of patience. Although it may seem nothing is happening on the surface, there may yet be…

— Buck Brannaman

With a horse, if you make it easy for him to do the right thing, that's what he will logically do, but…

— Buck Brannaman

The horse is so honest… they live in the moment. And what they do, whether they need to protect themselves or whether…

— Buck Brannaman

The horse seems to wanna please the human and so many times if the human isn’t much of a leader well then…

— Buck Brannaman

Most people think of a feel as when you touch something or someone and what it feels like to your fingers but,…

— Buck Brannaman

Horses don’t think the same as humans. Something that’s most unique about the horse, that I love, is not what he possesses…

— Buck Brannaman

Theoretically the human is supposed to be the smart one so as you get acquainted with the horse, you explore what it's…

— Buck Brannaman

When you first get started, you're the only one with a vision. When you become creative and use your imagination, pretty soon…

— Buck Brannaman

Some guys make their careers off one horse; kind of a trick horse, a wonder horse. I'm not knocking that, but for…

— Buck Brannaman

My horse needs to be quiet enough not to draw my attention. You want your horse always aware of you. Be aware…

— Buck Brannaman

As a rider, you must slowly and methodically show your horse what is appropriate. You also have to discourage what's inappropriate, not…

— Buck Brannaman

Whether one was going to have a horse, or a dog, or a child, with that comes a great responsibility to raise…

— Buck Brannaman

The road may bend out of sight at times, but I know what lies ahead: the faraway horses.

— Buck Brannaman

I just spend my life driving down the road, training horses and helping people.

— Buck Brannaman

One of the biggest challenges of a horsemen is to be able tot control your emotions.

— Buck Brannaman

That absolute pure honesty of the horse, man that's just the greatest thing there is

— Buck Brannaman

Most people don't realize how little it takes to get a horse to move.

— Buck Brannaman

A horse can have a job and not be a slave. He can look forward to it and enjoy it. That's the…

— Buck Brannaman

It’s not about how much pressure you put on, it’s how good you are at taking it off.

— Buck Brannaman

Horses are very sensitive and perceptive. You don't have to be physical with them.

— Buck Brannaman

Nobody has to lose for me to succeed and that is a unique job. Everybody wins, horse wins, people win, I win.

— Buck Brannaman

In nature this animal would have nothing to do with you. "Natural horsemanship" is just words. It's not natural at all. There's…

— Buck Brannaman

The horse is a great equalizer, he doesn't care how good looking you are, or how rich you are or how powerful…

— Buck Brannaman

There is something in the human psyche that there is a connection between horses and humans, a real special kind of a…

— Buck Brannaman

You can accomplish amazing things with this if you have a passion and you work hard - I just think it’s a…

— Buck Brannaman

The comforting thing to the horse is, is as you become more and more accurate, he knows you’re aware of him, and…

— Buck Brannaman

I don't want the horse to get trained, because training the horse is absolutely finite. But if you get the horse to…

— Buck Brannaman