My work is my play. I found a way to make my passion to be the same as how I make a living. Buck Brannaman More Quotes by Buck Brannaman More Quotes From Buck Brannaman Everything you do with a horse is a dance. Buck Brannaman horse You get that horse to really operate as if he’s your legs and you can take that anywhere you want. You can dress up in any kind of clothes you like. You can be a jumper, dressage rider, trail rider, cowboy, anything. Buck Brannaman cowboyhorseclothes With the horse I always consider that if I do too much in too little time and I'm not patient, he's gonna shut down and I won't get anything done. Buck Brannaman down-andhorsedone I've started horses since I was 12 years old and have been bit, kicked, bucked off and run over. I've tried every physical means to contain my horse in an effort to keep from getting myself killed. I started to realize that things would come much easier for me once I learned why a horse does what he does. Buck Brannaman horserunningmean The road may bend out of sight at times, but I know what lies ahead: the faraway horses. Buck Brannaman horsesightlying There's an ancient bond that still exists today between horses and humans, it is even there with people that have never ridden a horse or been around horses. The horse is what settled the entire west. If it weren’t for the horse they’d probably be only a couple hundred miles from where they started. A lot of people don’t realize how much they owe the horse because it’s not so much a part of our culture right now as it used to be. Buck Brannaman horsecouplepeople The comforting thing to the horse is, is as you become more and more accurate, he knows you’re aware of him, and pretty soon because of that he’s aware of you more and more of the time. Buck Brannaman accuratehorsecomforting There is something in the human psyche that there is a connection between horses and humans, a real special kind of a thing, and I guess it’s always been there. I hope it will always be there, I hope we don’t evolve past that. Buck Brannaman horserealpast Whether one was going to have a horse, or a dog, or a child, with that comes a great responsibility to raise them. Buck Brannaman horsedogchildren I just spend my life driving down the road, training horses and helping people. Buck Brannaman traininghorsepeople One of the biggest challenges of a horsemen is to be able tot control your emotions. Buck Brannaman ableemotionchallenges Someone who doesn't know anything about the ways of the horse could be fooled into thinking the approach is all cosmic or mystical. It's not. Anybody can do it who has a passion to do it and has put in enough time. These people are horsemen and horsewomen, not whisperers. Buck Brannaman horsepassionthinking You can accomplish amazing things with this if you have a passion and you work hard - I just think it’s a cop out to say 'I wasn’t born with this, so it’s OK if I fail'. You can make up the difference with hard work and devotion. Buck Brannaman passionhard-workthinking The horse seems to wanna please the human and so many times if the human isn’t much of a leader well then the horse has gotta do it’s own thinking. The horse isn’t really designed very well to be the leader but just because the horse is responding to ya, I don’t really think of it as it succumbing to you. I think it’s more of the horse sort of joining you, being more of a partner. Buck Brannaman horseleaderthinking A horse can have a job and not be a slave. He can look forward to it and enjoy it. That's the same for me. Buck Brannaman horsejobslooks All your horse looks for is the thing that matters most, peace and contentment. Give it to him. Buck Brannaman horsecontentmentgiving You want your kids to feel happy and good about themselves. The rest they'll work out on their own. You never know what your kids will be drawn to. Buck Brannaman work-outwantkids That's the cool thing about horses - they don't have prejudice. They don't care if you're tall or thin or if you're dark or if you're light, or if you're rich or you're poor, if you're handsome or not so handsome. Buck Brannaman horselightdark They say nerves heal real slowly. Lots of things about us heal real slowly. Buck Brannaman nerveshealreal I often tell people in the clinics, the human possesses the one thing that means more to the horse than anything in the world, and that is peace and comfort. Buck Brannaman horsemeanpeople
