The only sport I'm not interested in is horse racing. That's because I don't know the horses personally.
My grandfather was very into horse racing, and I found some of his old journals and got into it from there. It has a lot of parallels to skiing. It's a fun lifestyle, being around the racetrack.
Horse racing is waning in popularity.
It's kind of ironic that the two sports with the greatest characters, boxing and horse racing, have both been on the decline. In both cases it's for the lack of a suitable hero.
I think, in BMX, it's a lot like horse racing. I wouldn't really bet on it.
Horse racing is animated roulette.
I love horse racing, I play golf, and I love travelling.
I like going down the pub with my mates and horse racing. I don't do anything that exciting.
There are other things that I could do, but there's really nothing that I love as much as horse racing.
Footballers are kept in such a bubble that horse racing is a release.
I don't play golf, and I'm not into horse racing.
The National is about however long it takes to run that race - eight minutes of fame - but champion jockey is about racing 365 days a year. I actually wouldn't swap any of my winners for the National.
Before I was an actor I was an apprentice jockey, and now I'm out there racing against boys, sort of the spokesperson for people over 50 that they can do it.
If I'm out trailriding, I have a favorite motorcycle. Riding on the road, I've got a favorite. If I'm jumping, I have a favorite, and if I'm racing, I have a favorite.
Really racing is about the horses, not me. You can't do it without the horses, and they are the big players as are the lads who look after them, and they rarely get a mention.
I found my interest lapse in both acting and racing.
I'm a sport fan. So, I have always watched everything, and I used to watch racing. Formula One was always on. The genius about it is that it's on at lunchtime on a Sunday.
Racing is a great mania to which one must sacrifice everything, without reticence, without hesitation.
'Le Mans' is the only racing movie that is totally realistic.
I drove long distances like the 24 hours of Le Mans for years. But even this racing is now over. I retired.