Tony McCoy Quotes

Tony McCoy — Irish Athlete born on May 04, 1974,

Anthony Peter McCoy OBE, commonly known as AP McCoy or Tony McCoy, is a Northern Irish former horse racing jockey, based in the UK and Ireland. He was named BBC Sports Personality of the Year in 2010, becoming the first jockey to win the award. In December 2013, he was named RTÉ Sports Person of the Year... (wikipedia)

Horses are like people - they have different personalities. They can be nice, friendly and hard-working, or awkward, difficult and lazy. If horses were people, some would be on the dole, and others would be entrepreneurs.

There is no place for arrogance or complacency in racing because you are up there one minute and on your backside the next.

You don't have to be Einstein to see that horse racing is dangerous. Those two ambulances driving behind you aren't there for the scenery. I will never get over the fatalities of colleagues. It is the saddest and toughest part of this sport.

I've always got a sweet tooth. I have chocolate hidden in places that nobody knows about.

During every race, an ambulance trails the riders around the course. You know that sometimes you are going to end up in the back of that ambulance.