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Tony McCoy
Tony McCoy
Irish Athlete
Born: May 4, 1974
Day Myself People Ride Will You
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I know from sitting around with injuries how difficult life will be without racing and riding winners. Tony McCoy
Life Will Difficult Winners Know Around Without How Sitting Racing Riding Injuries
I feel pressure every day. It is only pressure that I put on myself, but I would expect all professional sportspeople to feel pressure to perform their best whenever they are at work. Tony McCoy
Work Best Myself Day Every Day Pressure Every Would Only Put Feel Perform Expect Whenever Professional
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
Day Freedom You Every Day Ride Before Down Every Think Out Horse Disappear Soon Most Am Get Same Going Just Then Certain Butterflies
If you ask most trainers who have ridden which pressure is greater - watching your horse or riding it - they will tell you it is harder watching it because you have no control over what happens. Tony McCoy
You Will Pressure Control Tell No Control Horse Over Most Greater Because Trainers Happens Which Ask Your Ridden Who Riding Harder Watching
Really racing is about the horses, not me. You can't do it without the horses, and they are the big players as are the lads who look after them, and they rarely get a mention. Tony McCoy
Me You Big Rarely About Mention Horses Look Without Get Lads After Them Racing Really Who Players
I've ridden 3,651 winners, if that's any good to you. I don't count the falls. I count the winners. Tony McCoy
Good You Winners Count Falls Any Ridden
I'm very lucky that I love what I do. I've never thought of it as work. I've never done it for the money. Tony McCoy
Work Love Money Thought Never Very Done Lucky
I think I've always used the whip in the correct way. I see marked horses every day, and it's not a pretty sight, but I've never marked a horse. Never. Tony McCoy
Day Every Day Every Think Marked Way Correct Sight See Pretty Horse Horses Never Always Whip Used
When I started off riding, you dream about being champion jockey. Then I wanted to be champion jockey again. Then I wanted to ride 200 winners in a season. Then, when there was a chance of riding more winners than Richard Dunwoody, that was my goal. Tony McCoy
You Champion Ride Jockey Dream About More Winners Goal Off Than Being Wanted Again Richard Then Riding Season Started Chance
Doctors are fantastic, but they err on the side of caution. But you can push yourself. You're not going to die from pain. Tony McCoy
You Yourself Doctors Pain Side Push Caution Err Die Going Fantastic
From a public perspective, the Grand National is the biggest race of all, and not to have won it yet is definitely a failure. But there's been a lot of jockeys every bit as good and better than me that haven't won it - John Francome, Peter Scudamore, Jonjo O'Neill, Charlie Swan, to name a few. Tony McCoy
Good Me Failure Better Perspective National Few Every Bit Definitely John Charlie Name Been Lot Won Than Biggest Grand Public Swan Race Peter
Horses are like people - they have different personalities. They can be nice, friendly and hard-working, or awkward, difficult and lazy. If horses were people, some would be on the dole, and others would be entrepreneurs. Tony McCoy
People Be Nice Nice Difficult Others Would Would-Be Some Horses Entrepreneurs Lazy Like Dole Were Friendly Different Personalities Different Personalities Hard-Working Awkward
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