Tony McCoy Quotes

I've ridden 3,651 winners, if that's any good to you. I don't count the falls. I count the winners.

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.

From a public perspective, the Grand National is the biggest race of all, and not to have won it yet is definitely a failure. But there's been a lot of jockeys every bit as good and better than me that haven't won it - John Francome, Peter Scudamore, Jonjo O'Neill, Charlie Swan, to name a few.

I crossed paths with a horse that happened to change my life. That horse is Game On Dude, and what a horse! He's a soldier. Together we traveled the world. We won the Santa Anita Big Cap, Goodwood, almost won the Breeder's Cup Classic; we won the San Antonio, Hollywood Gold Cup and the Californian.

Then we went across the line, and I was like 'Oh my god, we just won the Melbourne Cup.'

I just look like someone with a long face. Not just A. P. McCoy himself, but some of the horses he rides.

You know yourself, once you've had the excitement of riding thoroughbreds, it's not very interesting riding anything else. But I still love horses; I just don't have one any more.

I hope to be remembered as a very good jockey.

I'm a racehorse fanatic rather than a football fanatic.

I've been spared to a large extent the business end of the race stick.

San Anita is a beautiful track. It's not too far from my house in L.A., and it's a beautiful place to go and watch the horses run.

The National is about however long it takes to run that race - eight minutes of fame - but champion jockey is about racing 365 days a year. I actually wouldn't swap any of my winners for the National.

No matter how long I go without riding winners, I know in the back of my head that I can ride.

If a horse has four legs, and I'm riding it, I think I can win.

I played a great horse yesterday! It took seven horses to beat him.

Around the property I have here, I'm about to put an all weather race track. I'm about to build stables. I'm about to ship over a couple of my thoroughbreds from England.

Thoroughbred racing is really my true passion. I'm living my dream.

I've had a passion for horses since I was very young - I used to sit on the floor in front of the races on television and pretend to be a jockey - and I first began reading the racing form on the set of 'The Partridge Family.'

The Worlds was great, Masters was great, but that was sort of mission accomplished with the Triple Crown.

I've worked for some great trainers around the world, including Aidan O'Brien, Luca Cumani, Gai Waterhouse and Peter Moody.

Going back to my playing days, I was at Cambridge United for a couple of seasons, and, of course, Newmarket is just down the road. On my days off, I would go to Newmarket quite often, park up by the gallops, and watch the horses work. It was something else.

I feel like I was born to ride the track.

We had six horses, and I would compete. Jumping. Cabinets full of cups. I always won.

It's a rare and special feeling to ride a racehorse.

Elimination race is my thing. I really enjoy that event.