Buck Brannaman Quotes - Page 4

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• In life, we don't know why things happen. I believe God is not responsible for the bad things that happen to you. Sometimes I think He's responsible for the good things, but sometimes it's something you shape up for yourself.

  Buck Brannaman

  Believe, Thinking, Why Things Happen

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• I'm still on the move, I'm getting better because I'm still studying. I still want to be a better horseman.

  Buck Brannaman

  Moving, Get Better, Want

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• I help horses with people problems

  Buck Brannaman

  Horse, People, Helping

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• Once you have seen quality horsemanship and are exposed to the things you can do to help a horse be gentle and dependable, then why wouldn't you do those things? No matter what your horse's age, you are going to try to offer him the best that you can. If you adjust what you are doing, he will adjust too; horses have an amazing capacity to make changes. There is always hope.

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  Horse, Quality, Age

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• I've often told people who ask if there is a God: Get around enough people with horses and see what happens. See how they survive in spite of all the things they do, and you'll become a believer!

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  Horse, If There Is A God, People

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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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  Horse, Comforting, Accurate

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• A horse can have a job and not be a slave. He can look forward to it and enjoy it. That's the same for me.

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  Horse, Jobs, Looks

  Source: www.americancowboy.com

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• Some guys make their careers off one horse; kind of a trick horse, a wonder horse. I'm not knocking that, but for me I'm trying to get better and study. That means taking out new horses. It's a life study. When I've finished a horse, I turn him out and basically stop riding him, except taking him to the occasional branding so I can enjoy him.

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  Horse, Mean, Careers

  Source: www.americancowboy.com

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• Once I get the horse where he’s responding and working for ya and has a good frame of mind and a good attitude, it’s not just the horse that needs fixing. It’s the human that needs fixing and it’s the human that created that in the first place.

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  Horse, Attitude, Mind

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• They say nerves heal real slowly. Lots of things about us heal real slowly.

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  Real, Nerves, Heal

  Buck Brannaman (2003). “Faraway Horses: The Adventures and Wisdom of One of America's Most Renowned Horsemen”, p.155, Rowman & Littlefield

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• A horse that has made a positive change in his behavior needs an opportunity to 'soak', to concentrate on & digest what he has learned. He needs his quiet time. Given this opportunity, his response will be better the next time you work with him.

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  Horse, Opportunity, Needs

  Buck Brannaman (2003). “Faraway Horses: The Adventures and Wisdom of One of America's Most Renowned Horsemen”, p.125, Rowman & Littlefield

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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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  Horse, Lying, Sight

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• The horse seems to wanna please the human and so many times if the human isn’t much of a leader well then the horse has gotta do it’s own thinking. The horse isn’t really designed very well to be the leader but just because the horse is responding to ya, I don’t really think of it as it succumbing to you. I think it’s more of the horse sort of joining you, being more of a partner.

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  Horse, Thinking, Leader

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• I’m not trying to turn you into cowboys, I’m just trying to get you better coordinated, get your horse used to things, get your horse comfortable.
  Heck, on the first ride you should be swinging a rope off a horse. You should be doing this not so you can rope a cow, but just to get him (your horse) gentle.
  You can’t think of everything in life your horse might encounter that might make him afraid so you’d better prepare em for it in other ways.

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  Horse, Cowboy, Thinking

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• Kind of where you end up your ride on a horse is so important. It's a little bit like when you guys were younger & you were dating, that last two minutes of the date can be a real deal breaker. With these horses it's the same thing you know? You got to quit on a good note.

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  Horse, Real, Two

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• You're trying to figure out a way to meet a horse to where he can understand. And to me, it's not to train a horse, it's to try to get the horse with you where it's one mind and one body. You may spend your whole life chasing that, but it's a good thing to chase.

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  Horse, Mind, Trying

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• Someone who doesn't know anything about the ways of the horse could be fooled into thinking the approach is all cosmic or mystical. It's not. Anybody can do it who has a passion to do it and has put in enough time. These people are horsemen and horsewomen, not whisperers.

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  Horse, Passion, Thinking

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• I realized that there are some things about all of us, no matter where we're from, that we are connected and we are all still humans, and we are all still looking for the same sort of contentment in our life in one way or another. Some people are searching a little harder than others, granted. But we're not so different.

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  People, Contentment, Different

  "Buck Brannaman & Director Cindy Meehl Interview BUCK". Interview with Sheila Roberts, collider.com. June 17, 2011.

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• You can accomplish amazing things with this if you have a passion and you work hard - I just think it’s a cop out to say 'I wasn’t born with this, so it’s OK if I fail'. You can make up the difference with hard work and devotion.

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  Hard Work, Passion, Thinking

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• I often tell people in the clinics, the human possesses the one thing that means more to the horse than anything in the world, and that is peace and comfort.

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  Horse, Mean, People

  "'Buck': Real-Life Horse Whisperer's Story of Abuse, Finding Comfort With Horses" by Nikki Battiste, Lauren Effron, abcnews.go.com. January 23, 2012.

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• There is something in the human psyche that there is a connection between horses and humans, a real special kind of a thing, and I guess it’s always been there. I hope it will always be there, I hope we don’t evolve past that.

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  Horse, Real, Past

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• There's an ancient bond that still exists today between horses and humans, it is even there with people that have never ridden a horse or been around horses. The horse is what settled the entire west. If it weren’t for the horse they’d probably be only a couple hundred miles from where they started. A lot of people don’t realize how much they owe the horse because it’s not so much a part of our culture right now as it used to be.

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  Horse, Couple, People

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• You get that horse to really operate as if he’s your legs and you can take that anywhere you want. You can dress up in any kind of clothes you like. You can be a jumper, dressage rider, trail rider, cowboy, anything.

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  Horse, Cowboy, Clothes

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• I've started horses since I was 12 years old and have been bit, kicked, bucked off and run over. I've tried every physical means to contain my horse in an effort to keep from getting myself killed. I started to realize that things would come much easier for me once I learned why a horse does what he does.

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  Running, Horse, Mean

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• My daughter's all grown up now compared to what she was, but I used to say, I’ve got to have my horse to where if she’s leading my horse somewhere, and she’s got a big armload of Barbies and drops something out of her hand, that son of a buck ought to stop and respect her while she’s gathering up all her dolls and not to walk on her or take advantage of her. And if I’ve done my work right, by gosh, that’s what they’ll do.

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  Daughter, Horse, Son

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