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Nobody has to lose for me to succeed and that is a unique job. Everybody wins, horse wins, people win, I win.

Buck Brannaman

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Buck Brannaman
Age: 62
Born: 1962
Born: January 29
Horse Trainer
Non-Fiction Writer
Sheboygan
Wisconsin
Lose
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Everybody
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People
Unique
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The horse can just be a great vehicle for some people to overcome things in their life that they might not be able to overcome otherwise.
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They say nerves heal real slowly. Lots of things about us heal real slowly.
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My teachers used to tell me you need to learn to adjust to fit the situation. Don't just do what you've always done because it might not always work.
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Discipline isn't a dirty word. Far from it. Discipline is the one thing that separates us from chaos and anarchy. Discipline implies timing. It's the precursor to good behavior, and it never comes from bad behavior. People who associate discipline with punishment are wrong: with discipline, punishment is unnecessary.
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Whether one was going to have a horse, or a dog, or a child, with that comes a great responsibility to raise them.
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There are things that the horse did for me that a human couldn't have done.
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When you first get started, you're the only one with a vision. When you become creative and use your imagination, pretty soon the things you imagined, you can get done. If you got a taste of it, if you got a taste of what I'm talking about, you'd rather do that than eat. You couldn't get enough of it. You'll hunger for it the rest of your life.
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My horse needs to be quiet enough not to draw my attention. You want your horse always aware of you. Be aware of your horse! Fidgeting? Direct that! Think of it as a gift. Do something with that energy redirect it or it will be a negative. Don't let your horse check-out. A horse wants peace. Trade movement for peace.
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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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You can't look forward and backward at the same time...........so I choose to look forward.
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If I heard it once, I’ve heard it a thousand times from Ray Hunt. He said 'make the wrong thing difficult and the right thing easy'. Then he said 'but don’t make the wrong thing impossible'. Well.....you learn from making mistakes. It’s that simple.
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My work is my play. I found a way to make my passion to be the same as how I make a living.
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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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With the horse I always consider that if I do too much in too little time and I'm not patient, he's gonna shut down and I won't get anything done.
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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.
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I take the horsemanship very seriously and I treat it with the same integrity that one would any of the fine arts.
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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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When you find that the horse is compelled and interested in you, something in you changes. That can be healing or move you deeply.
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There are things that change all through your life the way you deal with people, the way you approach problems.
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It’s not about how much pressure you put on, it’s how good you are at taking it off.
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