Ian Millar Quotes

My whip.

Discipline is tough for a guy who is a rebel.

The strongest bulwark of authority is uniformity; the least divergence from it is the greatest crime.

He who must serve me, must do as I command. He who cannot do this, or who comes full of new ideas, may go his way. If he does not, I shall send him.

Those who can, must obey.

I was home-schooled, was always very close with my mom, and was very straight-laced and square. I was never the rebellious one, and I never threw hissy fits. I was the type of person that would show a Powerpoint presentation about why I should do something versus crying and screaming over it.

I guess it's from going to Virginia Military Institute. I'm a good person to follow orders.

There were a lot of stop signs in my life... People telling you what to do, when to do it, and so on.

I'm a good authoritarian figure; I don't know why. 'Can you be a cop?' Sure. 'Can you be a Marine?' Absolutely. Well, at least in a movie.

When you were under contract, you did what you were told to do.

I never liked being told what to do, so even in school plays, I never liked being an actor.

You can't do the same thing every day with the horse. Because they then know the thing inside out, and they're leading you, not the other way round. You don't want them to take over. You have to be able to ride the movements and set the movements up; you don't want them starting before you are ready.

Wherever they send us to practice, we will go.

The coach is the boss at the end of the day. I do whatever he tells me and don't ask questions.

I just do what the coach asks.

I'm not going to revolutionise football. I'm in a system. You have to know how to respect it and to stay in place.

I'm just going to do everything my coaches ask me.

Zidane is a respectful person, he knows what he wants and we are there to obey and to the best we can. He has his sense of humor, but in the training sessions we must be serious.

My dad, since I was growing up, has always taught me that I need to keep my mouth shut and just play baseball.

Xavier McDaniel made me respect him. I thought I could do anything I wanted to. He grabbed me one time and almost choked me out. He said, 'You're going to do this. You're going to go get coffee. You're going to go get doughnuts.' It's a game of respect.

I play where I'm told to play.

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 just want to put on a uniform - whoever it is.

If you ask a soldier what is the key to this confidence, they will likely answer their discipline and their training.

In time the savage bull doth bear the yoke.