Buck Brannaman

Every time you interact with a horse, you are teaching the horse.

— Buck Brannaman

Your Horse is a mirror to your soul.

— Buck Brannaman

Controlling your emotions is the biggest challenge for a horseman.

— Buck Brannaman

I help horses with people problems

— Buck Brannaman

It is all about the quality of the communication, not the quantity.

— Buck Brannaman

Gentle in what you do, Firm in how you do it

— Buck Brannaman

Well you learn from making mistakes. It's that simple.

— Buck Brannaman

Don't get on a horse that's moving.

— Buck Brannaman

A lot of times, rather than helping people with horse problems, I'm helping horses with people problems.

— Buck Brannaman

Doing something right once in a while will far surpass anything done wrong more often.

— Buck Brannaman

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

— Buck Brannaman

You can't make something happen with a horse, but you can fix things up and let it happen.

— Buck Brannaman

Whether it's horses or whatever it is you do, it doesn't become an art until your soul goes into what you do.

— 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

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

— 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

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

— 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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Anytime you are with a horse, no matter if you are a daily rider or one who just gets a chance to…

— 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

Everything you do with a horse is a dance,

— Buck Brannaman

Horses and life, it's all the same to me.

— Buck Brannaman

There are no problem horses, only problem riders.

— Buck Brannaman

Solutions to problems often come from knowing when to ask for help.

— Buck Brannaman

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

— Buck Brannaman

There are things that the horse did for me that a human couldn't have done.

— Buck Brannaman

I'm still on the move, I'm getting better because I'm still studying. I still want to be a better horseman.

— Buck Brannaman

The horse needs to respect you, but sometimes people confuse respect & fear. And they're not the same at all.

— Buck Brannaman