Facundo Pieres Quotes

#1. When you get on a good horse, you just know. They are powerful, they stop quickly, they can turn in both directions, and they are fast.

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#2. We have the best sporting event in the world in polo, and yet it is weak.

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#3. I'm usually woken up by the birds and by my schnauzer, Rafa - for me that's the best start to the day. I jump out of bed, throw on some clothes, and race to the polo ground.

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#4. I've seen a lot of great players that couldn't get to the top because of horses, and I've seen a lot of normal players that got higher and higher because of horses.

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#5. When I was 12 or 13, I realised I was good, but I never knew how far I'd get.

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#6. Thanks to my father, we were always in good horses.

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#7. Buenos Aires is less than an hour's drive from the ranch, and in the evening, we might meet friends for dinner there. I get recognised a bit, but I'm lucky that polo isn't as popular as other sports.

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#8. If you don't have good horses, it's very tough to win.

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#9. In Argentina, we're surrounded by polo ponies. The farm covers roughly 170 hectares, and there are no cattle or sheep, just horses.

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#10. To do more for the world than the world does for you - that is success.

Henry Ford

#11. A wave roared in my ears.

Rick Riordan

#12. I think polo players are at their best in their 30s. You've got the talent and the experience. You play with your head - you learn to lose and how to win.

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#13. I've got nothing to complain about. I have to enjoy and be grateful. Lots of people would like to be in my shoes.

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#14. We have two trainers at the polo ground and do a mix of aerobics, gymnastics and stretches before we start riding. As polo players, it's very important for us to keep in shape. We do a bit of yoga and Pilates sometimes, too.

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#15. The fact is, the heart and mind aren't always friendly.
And in my case, they're barely speaking.

Alyson Noel

#16. On the whole, I find that it is best to adopt as far as possible the travelling equipments of the country in which one travels. The muleteers and servants understand them better, and if anything goes wrong or wears out, it can be repaired or replaced.

Isabella Bird

#17. But I ain't puttin' it in de street. Ah'm tellin' you.'
'Ah jus lak uh chicken. Chicken drink water, but he don't pee-pee.

Zora Neale Hurston

#18. Your plans are suicidal. At best.

Cassandra Clare

#19. I never take any commitment lightly, and I certainly don't take my wife lightly. I never did and I never will. That's permanent. That's true love.

John Lydon

#20. Why write? Life is a cage of empty words.

Miriam Elia