Nacho Figueras Quotes

I've often said there's nothing better for the inside of a man than the outside of a horse.

I grew up in Florida riding horses, so for the majority of my life I was either in boots and jeans or a bathing suit.

I think the concept of polo that people had in the 1920s and the 1930s was much more accurate, when going to a polo match was seen as a great day out and great fun on a more popular level.

When I was a little boy, I rode, but I didn't own horses.

I've had so many letters from people saying I've inspired them to take up riding, and that's an amazing feeling.

Being a great horseman does not rely on physical strength but more on the mind and sensibility.

At first I wanted to be a jockey. I rode horses in Cleveland but I kept falling off and I was afraid of horses. So there wasn't much of a future in it.

One of my daughters is a competitive jumper, we live with horses, we have stables on our property. But I don't ride. I observe, and I worry.

Wouldn't it fun to be able to communicate with a horse while you were riding it?

It always amazes me when people go rent horses and ride them. You mean you want me to pay you to ride a horse?

I wanted to be a jockey.

It's very good for you, riding. You know how every model is like, 'I do yoga.' Well, I find horses to have the same effect, in that you have to put your ego aside and concentrate on making the horse do the things you want it to do, and move in the way you want it to move - particularly if you're doing dressage.

Leave part of the yard rough. Don't manicure everything. Small children in particular love to turn over rocks and find bugs, and give them some space to do that. Take your child fishing. Take your child on hikes.

Kristina, my wife, and I thought about this one day when the kids were, of course, watching television. And we took a big blanket and put it in the backyard and said, 'Let's go out on our back and look at the sky and call it sky television.' We saw all kinds of things.

Polo is like playing golf with a saddle, and there are a lot of moving parts.

My daughter is a horseback rider, so I try to watch her ride; we take holidays together.

Something like riding a horse - which I've recently started doing - requires courage, especially for me, as I started out being actually scared of horses.

When I was really young, I can remember being into fashion, but I was really into horses and sports.

Being on a horse is one of my most natural places to be.

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

I don't ever remember not riding.

I've been riding since I was maybe three or four. Ponies at first, and then I've really always been doing it since.

I will go back to riding one day - when I have kids. I have such amazing childhood memories of being on horseback.

I love being outdoors and being with animals, and when you're on a horse, you have to leave your anxieties and worries behind in the barn. It's very therapeutic.

If I had a horse of my own that I loved and fed and knew me, it would be amazing.