Mike Rutherford Quotes

Polo is the most inviting sport I've ever seen.

Eventing is way too dangerous. People get killed every year doing cross-country.

I've been obsessed by football since I was young.

Polo is like playing golf with a saddle, and there are a lot of moving parts.

When I used to say I did dressage, I got blank looks. No one had a clue what I was on about.

Riding Valegro always makes you smile, so I enjoy it.

Football ruled my life for years, morning, noon and night.

I'm actually an equestrian, and I showed in the American Paint Horse Association and competed for top 20 in the nation.

Fly-fishing is really addictive.

I had an addiction to play baseball.

I love getting paid to ride a horse.

I ride my horses three to four times a week.

Without boxing, I can't live. I love boxing.

All my life I've encountered people who were obsessed with one particular class of object or experience, who were constantly pursuing that thing. Since I was a little kid, I hadn't afforded myself the opportunity, I guess, to have a hobby.

Polo really is a European sport. It's not really that popular in America. I'm not an expert on the sport, but it's fun to watch.

The most important thing, the biggest love of my life, is my snooker. I've never been so emotionally ingrained in something - in a person, an object, anything - as I have in snooker.

When I was 14, I decided that I really wanted to pursue polo more, so I asked my parents if it would be okay for me to go live on a farm outside the city so I could play.

I play a lot of football, watch a lot of football, and think about football.

I've always enjoyed being on a horse.

Then I got together with my brother and a friend and we decided to play dates. The more we played, the more we wanted to do it. And it got to a stage where we wanted to do it all the time.

I'm the worst rider. I'm a terrible rider. Me and horses are not a good mix. For some reason, people are always trying to get me on a horse in a movie.

I think it's fair to say I've always been a boxing fan.

I'm addicted. I'm addicted to golf.

Being on a horse is one of my most natural places to be.

I started to ride when I was very young, and it's a sport I have practised for a very long time.