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 Roche.

I don't know which is stronger: the thrill of winning or the fear of failure. I don't know which one affects me most. I don't know where the middle is.

I think I'm skilful enough, but I don't consider myself a naturally talented, gifted sports person.

Essentially, I am a dreamer. I've dreamed all my life. When I started, I dreamed I'd be Champion because it is a sport that is all about the people who win the most, and I have a fear of not winning.

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 the time, and they have given me the right advice for my body.

Not even girls want to be girls so long as our feminine archetype lacks force, strength, and power.

I am lucky enough to live in Miami so dinner on the beach with people I love is one of my favorite ways to relax.

We need the dark to appreciate the light. And the light always returns.

I would urge all bands that say they only care about credibility and don't care about money to send Gene Simmons every dollar that they don't want. I'd be happy to take it off them.

To fine folkes a little ill finely wrapt.

Stick with your own perception of yourself-living in your own world-and letting your reality, not the reality presented by other people or particular situations, control your performance.

For many, whether they go to prison or not is far less about the choices they make and far more about what kind of cage they're born into.

I think the most inspiring thing that Americans can do for the rest of the world is struggle against the evils in our own society.

The birds are the eyes of heaven, and the flies are the spies of hell.

The surface of the Earth itself is an immense loom upon which the sun weaves the fabric of existence.