"It will not surprise you to learn that……" — Tony McCoy
"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 in the sauna to lose a few pounds to be able to make a big-race ride."
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23 Quotes by Tony McCoy
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When you give someone a commitment to ride their horse, you do it - unless, God forbid, something serious has…
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You only worry about your head or spinal column. Everything else, some way or another, will repair in time.
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When I was 18, I broke my leg, and my shin came right through - like I had two knees.
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You always get a buzz from winning. Winning is... everything.
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My first winner was on Legal Steps, in Ireland, at Thurles, in March 1992. I rode for Jim Bolger, and…
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I never had a written contract, was never officially a stable jockey.
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No matter how long I go without riding winners, I know in the back of my head that I can…
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If I go racing tomorrow and I have five rides that all get beaten, all I want to do is…
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Even though people involved in racing think that it has a big sporting stage, it is a minority sport compared…
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I have found the right way to deal with my diet, largely through trial and error, but also by having…
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There are many tough sides to being a jockey. Injury is something we all dread, but spending lengthy periods in…
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I know from sitting around with injuries how difficult life will be without racing and riding winners.
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