95 Quotes by Buck Brannaman

Someone might steal your childhood, but they can’t steal your will. There is a point where you’re given the opportunity in life to stop blaming everyone else and start taking responsibility for your life.

I help horses with people problems.

One of the biggest challenges of a horsemen is to be able tot control your emotions.

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.

The horse responds to comfort, they respond to peace better than about anything else you could do. All he wants you to do is just leave him alone. So if the horse responds to you and you give him a little peace and comfort that means more to him than anything.

That’s my credo – My work is play. I don’t complain about work. I enjoy it. I like the feeling of being able to lay down at night and you’re so doggone tired, you’re just hoping to get undressed before you fall asleep.

There have been so many times over the years where people have said “Man, I thought I was just coming to this deal to get a little handier with my horse” and I’ll say “Well, in the beginning, I thought that’s all you were coming for too. But it turns out it’s about something else.”

I realized that there are some things about all of us, no matter where we’re from, that connects us as humans. We’re looking for the same sorts of contentment in our lives and while some people are searching a little harder than others, we’re not all that different.

It’s not about how much pressure you put on, it’s how good you are at taking it off.