Charlotte Dujardin Quotes
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It is probably like an artist. They see in their head what they want to draw, and they draw it. It is like I have a feeling inside me that I want to create on a horse, and that is what I do.
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It's going to be hard to ever have a horse to replace Valegro. He is a professor. I think he read the dressage book and learnt it all before he ever did it.
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You can't do the same thing every day with the horse. Because they then know the thing inside out, and they're leading you, not the other way round. You don't want them to take over. You have to be able to ride the movements and set the movements up; you don't want them starting before you are ready.
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I think we're actually the only sport that has a mix of men and women competing together. The majority of other sports are separated by gender.
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Every horse I get on I can adapt to. It's like a jigsaw puzzle.
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London was my first Olympics. It was my dream to get there, and I literally had the time of my life.
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I've been riding Valegro since he was four or five years old.
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As much as you may be sitting in the top five or the top 10, sometimes you just don't get that chance to get to the top.
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At an event in Germany, I realised the organisers had 'The Great Escape' playing as background music to my test, and I just thought, 'It's really cool. I want that.' It is fantastic to ride to.
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I love producing horses, and we have some great young horses at home. We'll look forward and train those and start again.
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Every competition I do, I never know if it's the last one.
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I'm quite happy with the way my life is.
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I've had dreams - there were three things I wanted to do during my career. I did them during my first year of Grand Prix.
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It's insane to have won all those things - not possible. But what I love is learning, which never stops and is nothing to do with the medals you've won.
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I literally worked from the bottom up to where I am now.
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People tell me I'm their idol and a huge inspiration - that's really surreal.
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I owe my mum Jane a lot, as she's supported me all the way, so I'm very lucky.
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So many horses get stage fright when they enter the arena, and that's it - the performance is over.
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My family didn't have lots of money or anything.
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It's always nice for the judges and the audiences to have something a bit different so they don't always see and hear the same thing.
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I don't ever want to be famous. I never want to live that life. I genuinely hate the fact that I would be stopped for a picture or an autograph all the time.
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I got asked to do loads of TV series, all sorts of things that weren't me.
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If I never competed again, it wouldn't bother me. I don't care.
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I turned the Gloucester Christmas lights on and our local Newent lights on, so everyone recognises me now. It is a completely different life for me.