Edie Campbell Quotes

I've always loved horses. When I was younger, I competed in horse shows and did quite well.

I remember some people after the Olympics that had no idea about horses would ask, 'Do you do that with the horse, or does the horse do it by itself?' I think the fact that you can make it look like you are doing nothing is a real talent. And it is such a massive reward at the end of it.

I love the freedom you feel on horseback, and enjoy the discipline of competition.

Richard Armitage is very good at the old horse riding because of course he did it in 'Robin Hood,' so he's very good at that.

Everything comes back to the horse, which is why I love it. You put your ego aside, and you concentrate on getting the best performance out of this creature.

It's going to be hard to ever have a horse to replace Valegro. He is a professor. I think he read the dressage book and learnt it all before he ever did it.

I used to be a keen rider. Sometimes I could sense what a horse liked or preferred to do.

He was very commanding, and you had to know what you were doing to work for Mr. Rogers. I learned how to ride very quickly with him as my riding teacher.

I gallop and jump and ride young horses with intense pleasure.

In summer winter rain or sun, it's good to be on horseback.

I rode horses since I was a kid.

Horseback riding is my passion. Other than work. People can't imagine me getting dirty, but that's what I love about it.

I started horse-riding when I was a child and still try to go as often as I can.

All equestrians, if they last long enough, learn that riding in whatever form is a lifelong sport and art, an endeavor that is both familiar and new every time you take the horse out of his stall or pasture.

I grew up in a place where a lot of my friends had horses, so I grew up riding. But I'm not an expert.

I grew up with horses when I was a kid in Argentina. I like them. I respect them. I'm careful around them. You never know what they're going to do. They're endlessly interesting. I've had some good acting partners that were horses over the years.

I love watching a good horse do what he's bred to do - I guess that's what I like the most about it. And I love to see good athletes do what they're bred to do.

I'd been horse-riding a couple of times, but I wasn't that good.

Being a great horseman does not rely on physical strength but more on the mind and sensibility.

The best riders in the world with the best horses make it look so elegant and graceful. When you watch it done well, it looks so easy that it's difficult for the public to understand how hard this really is.

I've been riding since I was maybe three or four. Ponies at first, and then I've really always been doing it since.

My first ambition was to be a show jumper. I did a bit of dressage as part of it, and the dressage trainer saw me and said, 'Why are you wasting your time with the other stuff? You should be concentrating on this.'

I might have been a jockey, you know. I started by riding horses bareback and holding on to the mane before they finally threw me off.

My mother grew up around horses and exposed my sister and I to riding early on. It was very important to her.

I have walked into several pubs, and guys in there have said to me, 'My God, you are the girl off the dancing horse.' They have got no idea about dressage, and they said, 'I can't work out whether you make the horse do that or the horse does it itself - we just couldn't tell - but it brought tears to our eyes.'