Ian Millar Quotes

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

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

"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."

"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."

"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."

"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."

"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."

"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."

"I would never want to be selected to a team just because I am going to set a record. It's critical to me to earn my way."

"It's always a thrill to wear the flag and ride for Canada in any competition, but especially the Olympics."

"I remember back in the early '70s, when I had a disastrous Grand Prix, my wife, Lynn, said to me, 'Don't worry, you're going to be a late boomer.' That's what she said to me, and I've always held that thought."