Quotes About Horse Jockeys

#1. She reckons most of those models eat about one carrot a week, chew cotton wool like race horse jockeys to keep thin, and smoke cigarettes.
Apparently, they all look like crap by the time they are 30, and go out with the 'wrong' sort of men..

Rae Earl

#2. Actors are the jockeys of literature. Others supply the horses, the plays, and we simply make them run.

Ralph Richardson

#3. Be patient with your troubles.
With patient you will overcome the mountains and the troubles.

Lailah Gifty Akita

#4. I have no intention of watching undersized Englishmen perched on horses with matchstick legs race along courses planned to amuse Nell Gwynn.

Gilbert Harding

#5. Always remember," said Petra, "a friend is someone who understands your past, believes in you future, and accepts you just the way you are."...

And a friend stands by you, Suzanne thought to herself,...No matter what it cost her.

Laura Childs

#6. Congratulations on your Engagement'.
But I am not engaged I am deeply distracted.

Jeanette Winterson

#7. I get butterflies before going out to ride every day, but they disappear as soon as I am on a horse, and I think that is the same for most jockeys. Then it is just down to you and the horse, and there is a certain freedom in that.

Tony McCoy

#8. Don't underestimate the power of humor and the ability to laugh at yourself to deliver peace and serenity.

Charles F. Glassman

#9. Sometimes you buy the horse, sometimes you invest in the jockey. It really comes down to the actual business and the upside.

Mark Cuban

#10. tiny things matter, too. Tiny things add up. I've

Sarah Lentz

#11. The sport of horse racing which, at its best, showcases the majestic beauty of this animal and the athleticism of jockeys, has reached an alarming level of corruption and exploitation.

Tom Udall

#12. I believe in the curative powers of love as the English believe in tea or Catholics believe in the Miracle of Lourdes.

Joyce Johnson

#13. I never realised that to become a jockey you needed to be a horse first.

Arrigo Sacchi

#14. Most field trips contain sinister plots.

Lemony Snicket

#15. Love in the flesh remained elusive. It drew yet frightened him. This was the late eighties, after all, the most terrifying days of the plague. Surrounded everywhere by insolent youth and beauty, Paul looked and lusted but didn't dare touch.

Jonathan Galassi

#16. Horses and jockeys mature earlier than people - which is why horses are admitted to racetracks at the age of two, and jockeys before they are old enough to shave.

Dick Beddoes