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When we train a horse to do a certain job, we're training the horse to be like a soldier, and yes, he still has a spirit, and he still has his ideas, but he is a disciplined soldier, and in the end, he will follow the rider's instruction to do what needs to be done.

Author: Ian Millar - Canadian Athlete
  Job , Training , Horse , Soldier


It's about discipline. It's about following instructions. It's about the execution of the plan. That's what sport is.

Author: Ian Millar - Canadian Athlete
  About , Plan , Discipline , Execution


A surgeon wouldn't sell his tools. A lawyer doesn't sell his law books. I'm not going to sell my horse. I'm a sportsman.

Author: Ian Millar - Canadian Athlete
  Lawyer , Law , Tools , Horse


I've been lucky to ride 10 different horses at the Olympics. I'd like to think that of all of them, Big Ben - who was inducted into the Canadian Sports Hall of Fame - would still be competitive in the contemporary sport.

Author: Ian Millar - Canadian Athlete
  Think , Sports , Lucky , Ride


If you persevere long enough, if you do the right things long enough, the right things will happen.

Author: Ian Millar - Canadian Athlete
  You , Long , Will , Enough


The minute I put my leg on a horse and say, 'Come on, let's go,' I absolutely believe that the horse and I can do it and that we will do it. And I am always shocked when we actually don't do it. If the analytical mind ever overrode that optimist in me, I'd be in some serious trouble.

Author: Ian Millar - Canadian Athlete
  Me , I Am , Mind , Believe


Obviously, as you get a little older, you are not going to be quite as quick or quite as strong, and so I might be regarded by some as the underdog... There is actually a statue of Big Ben and I in Perth, Ont., and I was on a Canadian stamp once, and normally you have to be dead to do either of those things, and, well, here I am, still going.

Author: Ian Millar - Canadian Athlete
  You , I Am , Dead , Strong


In sport, all my fellow riders and trainers and the people I meet and deal with have just accepted the fact that I'm here forever.

Author: Ian Millar - Canadian Athlete
  People , Just , Forever , Meet


My first Olympics was Munich in 1972. I am better now than I was then, in knowledge and experience. The age of top riders generally tends to be older than in other sports because it takes a lot of time to be consistent.

Author: Ian Millar - Canadian Athlete
  Time , Age , Sports , Knowledge


I work out every morning for an hour while in front of the news channel or business channels, then I'll ride for four, five hours a day. So I'm on the move all the time, and I think that's the key. A body in motion tends to stay in motion. That's the law of physics.

Author: Ian Millar - Canadian Athlete
  Work , Day , Morning , Ride


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