Marc Cherry is so good at writing himself into a corner, then writing himself out of that corner. Its really fun to watch that.
A good trainer can hear a horse speak to him. A great trainer can hear him whisper.
If you act like you've only got fifteen minutes, it'll take all day. Act like you've got all day and it'll take fifteen minutes.
For centuries, humans have said to horses, 'You do what I tell you or I'll hurt you. ' Humans still say that to each other -- still threaten, force and intimidate. I'm convinced that my discoveries with horses have value in the workplace, in the educational and penal systems, and in the raising of children. At heart, I'm saying that no one else has the right to say 'you must' to an animal -- or to another human.
The number one worst piece of horsemanship on earth is violence.
Horses are our silent partners. When we learn their language. This partnership grows strong.
It is not good enough to get your horse to do what you want. It is far better to cause your horse to want to do it.
I know that when I like music, when it touches my heart, that it will touch your heart, too. That, I think, is the secret to my success.
Life's sharpest rapture is surcease of pain.
I want to be a hero, a small and good kind of hero, even though I know heroes have very short lives.
You could make an analogy to a security guard who, three weeks prior, was mowing lawns for a living. The second he puts a uniform on and that badge, he's a man. I imagine the majority of us have felt the wrath of the over-zealous security guard guy. Is there something lying dormant in the man, that's waiting to be pumped up with that kind of power? I don't know. Does it reveal him? I don't know. Does it change him? I don't know.