Blinders Quote by Marlo Thomas

My life is parallel to a horse race. They have blinders on to keep them from being distracted in the race and keep them…

— Reggie Bush

You try to do the best with what you've got and ignore everything else. That's why horses get blinders in horse racing: You look…

— Jimmy Iovine

“When racing toward your goal, wear blinders. That’s what winning horses do.”

— Sotero M Lopez II

“In horse racing they put these slats on either side of the horse's head, blocking the creature's peripheral vision. They're called blinders. They don't…

— Neal Shusterman

Really racing is about the horses, not me. You can't do it without the horses, and they are the big players as are the…

— Tony McCoy

No matter how much you disagree with your kin, if you are a thoroughbred you will not discuss their shortcomings with the neighbors.

— Tom Thomson

We're like pretty horses, and just as on horses, they mean to put blinders on us so we can't look left or right but…

— Libba Bray

It's an incredible feeling for an owner or trainer to know they've got a superior race horse on their hands. You can tell when…

— Bob Baffert

The natural impulses of every thoroughbred include his sense of honor; his love of fair play and courage; his dislike of pretense and of…

— Emily Post

The emphasis in thoroughbreds is managing the horses as much as it is training them.

— Bob Baffert

When someone is good at what he does but is a nonconformist, there is a temptation in horse racing, like in all kinds of…

— David Milch

There is a sociology of horses, as well as a psychology. It is most evident in the world of horse racing, where many horses…

— Jane Smiley