All Tony McCoy Quotes
- When you give someone a commitment to ride their horse, you do it - unless, God forbid, something serious has happened. It would be laziness… Commitment
- You only worry about your head or spinal column. Everything else, some way or another, will repair in time. Column
- When I was 18, I broke my leg, and my shin came right through - like I had two knees. Broke
- You always get a buzz from winning. Winning is... everything. Always Get
- My first winner was on Legal Steps, in Ireland, at Thurles, in March 1992. I rode for Jim Bolger, and his stable jockey was Christy… Christy
- I never had a written contract, was never officially a stable jockey. Contract
- No matter how long I go without riding winners, I know in the back of my head that I can ride. Go
- If I go racing tomorrow and I have five rides that all get beaten, all I want to do is get out there the next… All
- Even though people involved in racing think that it has a big sporting stage, it is a minority sport compared to some of the other… Big
- It will not surprise you to learn that it is not uncommon for jockeys who struggle with their weight to starve themselves and spend hours… Able
- I have found the right way to deal with my diet, largely through trial and error, but also by having good people around me all… Advice
- 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… All
- I know from sitting around with injuries how difficult life will be without racing and riding winners. Difficult
- I have seen countless colleagues struggle to come to terms with retirement. I learned a lot from Richard Dunwoody when he was riding, and I… Challenges
- I feel pressure every day. It is only pressure that I put on myself, but I would expect all professional sportspeople to feel pressure to… All
- I get butterflies before going out to ride every day, but they disappear as soon as I am on a horse, and I think that… Butterflies
- If you ask most trainers who have ridden which pressure is greater - watching your horse or riding it - they will tell you it… Ask
- By the nature of the sport and the danger we face daily, we are very close knit. Some of us have spent most of our… Close
- There is no place for arrogance or complacency in racing because you are up there one minute and on your backside the next. Arrogance
- During every race, an ambulance trails the riders around the course. You know that sometimes you are going to end up in the back of… Ambulance
- 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… Champion
- 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
- Horses are like people - they have different personalities. They can be nice, friendly and hard-working, or awkward, difficult and lazy. If horses were people,… Awkward