Buck Brannaman Quotes
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It is all about the quality of the communication, not the quantity.
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When you're younger, you ride with 90% physical and 10% mental. But if you could learn how to use 90% mental and 10% physical you'd be better off.
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That absolute pure honesty of the horse, man that's just the greatest thing there is....
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Doing something right once in a while will far surpass anything done wrong more often.
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You can't make something happen with a horse, but you can fix things up and let it happen.
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You allow a horse to make mistakes, the horse will learn from mistakes no different than the human. But you can't get him to where he dreads making mistakes for fear of what's going to happen after he does.
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Simply put; I'm trying to see what I can get done with the horse without him being troubled about doing it.
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The road may bend out of sight at times, but I know what lies ahead: the faraway horses.
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Discipline isn't a dirty word. Far from it. Discipline is the one thing that separates us from chaos and anarchy. Discipline implies timing. It's the precursor to good behavior, and it never comes from bad behavior. People who associate discipline with punishment are wrong: with discipline, punishment is unnecessary.
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The comforting thing to the horse is, is as you become more and more accurate, he knows you’re aware of him, and pretty soon because of that he’s aware of you more and more of the time.
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With a horse, if you make it easy for him to do the right thing, that's what he will logically do, but it's not necessarily true with the human. You will see humans that will beat their heads against the wall rather than open the door and walk through it.
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There are no problem horses, only problem riders.
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It's a matter of timing and of patience. Although it may seem nothing is happening on the surface, there may yet be profound changes occurring a little deeper. Waiting isn't bad.
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It’s not about how much pressure you put on, it’s how good you are at taking it off.