I literally worked from the bottom up to where I am now. Charlotte Dujardin More Quotes by Charlotte Dujardin More Quotes From Charlotte Dujardin All you can do is to do your best. Charlotte Dujardin do-your-best your best you I have come from a background where I haven't had lots of money to put me on the map. I've had to work very hard for what I've got. Charlotte Dujardin me hard money work For me, I wouldn't mind if I never did another Olympics; nothing can beat London. The setting, the support, the military people. From start to finish, it was such fun. I had the most amazing time. Charlotte Dujardin me mind time people I have walked into several pubs, and guys in there have said to me, 'My God, you are the girl off the dancing horse.' They have got no idea about dressage, and they said, 'I can't work out whether you make the horse do that or the horse does it itself - we just couldn't tell - but it brought tears to our eyes.' Charlotte Dujardin eyes me god work It isn't called dressage any more - it is called 'dancing horses.' Charlotte Dujardin horses any more dancing I turned the Gloucester Christmas lights on and our local Newent lights on, so everyone recognises me now. It is a completely different life for me. Charlotte Dujardin lights me christmas life People recognise me now. I've got so much fan mail. Charlotte Dujardin got now me people People tell me I'm their idol and a huge inspiration - that's really surreal. Charlotte Dujardin tell me inspiration people I literally got a private invite for lunch with the Queen. There was just 10 of us. And I was absolutely petrified because you can't take anyone with you, and no other sportspeople were there. There was the head of the military, and then the Queen sat next to me. Charlotte Dujardin queen me you lunch My mum used to ride, and when she was mucking out, I always wanted to sit on a horse. And if she took me off, I'd scream my head off. Charlotte Dujardin ride me always horse So many horses get stage fright when they enter the arena, and that's it - the performance is over. Charlotte Dujardin over performance get stage The sport is about finding the horses. But to find another Valegro is impossible. Charlotte Dujardin finding find about impossible I don't ever want to be famous. I never want to live that life. I genuinely hate the fact that I would be stopped for a picture or an autograph all the time. Charlotte Dujardin picture hate time life I want to get up and ride my horses, do what I love doing. I don't want to be recognised. Charlotte Dujardin ride doing want love I got asked to do loads of TV series, all sorts of things that weren't me. Charlotte Dujardin got tv things me It is probably like an artist. They see in their head what they want to draw, and they draw it. It is like I have a feeling inside me that I want to create on a horse, and that is what I do. Charlotte Dujardin feeling me horse artist Every horse I get on I can adapt to. It's like a jigsaw puzzle. Charlotte Dujardin puzzle like horse i-can The fan mail I get every day is incredible. It piles through the door from not just Britain but everywhere. It is so great to have that support behind me - everyone says I am an inspiration. It is great. Charlotte Dujardin i-am day great me It is very rare that he makes a mistake, and I feel just privileged to have done what I have with him. There will never be another Valegro. Charlotte Dujardin will feel never mistake I was frightened. I hadn't really had any experience, and then all of a sudden I was thrown straight into doing interviews. Most people have build-up. I had none. Charlotte Dujardin straight doing experience people
