Charlotte Casiraghi Quotes

We had six horses, and I would compete. Jumping. Cabinets full of cups. I always won.

I only knew basic western trail riding. Nothing fancy.

I started to ride when I was very young, and it's a sport I have practised for a very long time.

I love the freedom you feel on horseback, and enjoy the discipline of competition.

All equestrians, if they last long enough, learn that riding in whatever form is a lifelong sport and art, an endeavor that is both familiar and new every time you take the horse out of his stall or pasture.

I've always said, 'Underwater or on top, men and women are compatible.'

Eventing is way too dangerous. People get killed every year doing cross-country.

I ride my horse at competition level.

Richard Armitage is very good at the old horse riding because of course he did it in 'Robin Hood,' so he's very good at that.

There's footage of me bouncing around, all uncoordinated, trying to work out how on earth you're supposed to do a rising trot on a really extravagant moving eventing horse.

I remember some people after the Olympics that had no idea about horses would ask, 'Do you do that with the horse, or does the horse do it by itself?' I think the fact that you can make it look like you are doing nothing is a real talent. And it is such a massive reward at the end of it.

I had a paint pony called Half-Pint, and I rode her in Madison Square Garden, and that was my first big show. But my first real pony was this red pony called Chantal. He was absolutely amazing. He was a great pony, except he did spin me off a couple of times! I would blink, and then I would be on the floor.

I rode horses since I was a kid.

I learned how to horseback ride in English style, which is very hard, by the way. I had no idea how challenging it was. I've always ridden horses, but Western is like riding a horse in a rocking chair, as opposed to English, where you have to balance and hold on with your legs.

I've always loved horses. When I was younger, I competed in horse shows and did quite well.

I love sports - I used to play volleyball really competitively...I went to Junior Olympic qualifiers, and I've ridden horses my whole life.

I grew up riding when I was younger in Texas. I actually learned how to ride in Norway. I really love riding horses.

I'm actually an equestrian, and I showed in the American Paint Horse Association and competed for top 20 in the nation.

The best riders in the world with the best horses make it look so elegant and graceful. When you watch it done well, it looks so easy that it's difficult for the public to understand how hard this really is.

I grew up riding horses since I was eight. I rode English style and competed every weekend. I had two horses, Scout and Camille, and they were my babies. It taught me a lot about responsibility and commitment. I hope horses will always be in my life.

And it's not that going out for a hack is wrong or bad, I certainly don't view it as that; it's just that there's something about the dressage, being put through your paces, that makes you better.

You know, men and women are a lot alike in certain situations. Like when they're both on fire - they're exactly alike.

This is the first generation where, to any extent, men and women are working together as equals.

In our religion women are as men.

I can gallop, I can trot, I can move sideways and turn around. I can do everything I need to do on a horse.