Jockeys Quotes

49 quotes by 45 authors

You don't have to have been a horse to be a jockey. — Arrigo Sacchi
The racehorses assemble at the starting barrier in all the finery of a mediaeval pageant, the jockeys in silks like figures from a Tarot pack,… — Kevin Hart
Actors are the jockeys of literature. Others supply the horses, the plays, and we simply make them run. — Ralph Richardson
At first I wanted to be a jockey. I rode horses in Cleveland but I kept falling off and I was afraid of horses. So… — Tim Conway
I guess the disc jockey thought I was trying to sing or something so ... they had fun with it. But the reality was that… — William Shatner
Politics is like a race horse. A good jockey must know how to fall with the least possible damage. — Edouard Herriot
The sport of horse racing which, at its best, showcases the majestic beauty of this animal and the athleticism of jockeys, has reached an alarming… — Tom Udall
The artist must be like that Marine. He has to know how to be miserable. He has to love being miserable. He has to take… — Steven Pressfield
You show me a truly funny girl who doesn't have emotional issues, and I'll introduce you to my stable of unicorn thoroughbreds ridden by leprechaun… — Tucker Max
I never realised that to become a jockey you needed to be a horse first. — Arrigo Sacchi
Before I was an actor I was an apprentice jockey, and now I'm out there racing against boys, sort of the spokesperson for people over… — Davy Jones
I was too heavy to be a jockey and too honest to be a producer, so I became a writer — Leon Uris
The best compliment I ever had is, one day I was in Nashville, some disc jockey said, Hey, that sounds like a Tom T. Hall… — Tom T. Hall
I am not one of the people who believe that the main reason why a chap becomes a bookmaker is because he is too scared… — Noel Whitcomb
I have stood in a bar in Lambourn and been offered, in the space of five minutes, a poached salmon, a leg of a horse,… — Jeffrey Bernard
A good jockey doesn't need orders and a bad jockey couldn't carry them out anyway; so it's best not to give them any. — Lester Piggott
A jump jockey has to throw his heart over the fence - and then go over and catch it. — Dick Francis
Horses and jockeys mature earlier than people - which is why horses are admitted to racetracks at the age of two, and jockeys before they… — Dick Beddoes
I have no intention of watching undersized Englishmen perched on horses with matchstick legs race along courses planned to amuse Nell Gwynn. — Gilbert Harding
I was young and fearless in those days, but always enjoyed riding at Cartmel. They used to call me 'Cartmellor', probably because I kept coming… — Stan Mellor

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