73 Quotes by Charlotte Dujardin

I've done more than I ever dreamed of.

I've had so many letters from people saying I've inspired them to take up riding, and that's an amazing feeling.

If I never competed again, it wouldn't bother me. I don't care.

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.

I love having horses from a young age and seeing how far they can go.

That's why success hasn't changed me: because I don't want to be famous or do TV or be a model or be recognised in a shop. I'm not interested. There's nothing worse.

When I used to say I did dressage, I got blank looks. No one had a clue what I was on about.

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.

My first ambition was to be a show jumper. I did a bit of dressage as part of it, and the dressage trainer saw me and said, 'Why are you wasting your time with the other stuff? You should be concentrating on this.'