Desire is the most important factor in the success of any athlete.

If Jack Nicklaus can win the Masters at 46, I can win the Kentucky Derby at 54.

When you're riding, only the race in which you're riding is important.

I have always believed that anybody with a little guts and the desire to apply himself can make it, can make anything he wants to make of himself.

The horse never knows I'm there until he needs me.

There are one hundred and ninety nine ways to get beat, but only one way to win; get there first.

You must detach yourself from the stereotypical life to live an effective one

I don’t think much about guys from the past. I’m glad I knew them, but there’s a reason they didn’t make it into my future.

I'd rather have less time than I think, than less think than I have time.

The hollows are heavy and dank With the steam of the Goldenrods.

Everybody experiences reality in a way that's only true for them.

Women have always been at the forefront of progressive movements. Women can be depended on when you need bodies in the streets for women's rights and human rights.

The only true gifts are a portion of yourself.

Singing other people's material was perceived, I think, as a weakness of my persona. The effect, though, was to make me dig my heels in and try even harder to combine the two.

I think what we need is a more welcoming mode from the people who put on a hundred million country-western shows on television. How about a monthly jazz show?

I dropped out of high school and I tried to go to community college for a little while. I can't be a student. I always hated that lifestyle.