Quotes from Charlotte Dujardin


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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.


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.


I want to get up and ride my horses, do what I love doing. I don't want to be recognised.


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.


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.


I think it's really strange for somebody that's probably never been in the public eye. All of a sudden I was 'big time' - boom, it all just happened.


I think I thrive under pressure.


I started as a working pupil in a yard, mucking out and doing all the duties... and I just never gave up on my dream.


I owe my mum Jane a lot, as she's supported me all the way, so I'm very lucky.


I never think of who's in the competition. I never let myself get in that frame of mind, worrying about who I'm against.



All you can do is to do your best.


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


I literally worked from the bottom up to where I am now.


I have come from a background where I haven't had lots of money to put me on the map. I've had to work very hard for what I've got.


I got asked to do loads of TV series, all sorts of things that weren't me.


I can honestly say I had the time of my life in London. I don't regret one part of it, and I have never wanted the moment to end.


Getting to the top is one thing, but staying there is quite another. That's the difficult bit.


Every horse I get on I can adapt to. It's like a jigsaw puzzle.


Every competition I do, I never know if it's the last one.