Tony McCoy

There is no place for arrogance or complacency in racing because you are up there one minute and on your backside the next.

A lot of healing is in the mind. I'm not talking about serious illnesses like cancer. I'm talking about ordinary broken bones. Healing begins in the head. You have to convince yourself you can do it.

During every race, an ambulance trails the riders around the course. You know that sometimes you are going to end up in the back of that ambulance.

Be kind and considerate with your criticism... It's just as hard to write a bad book as it is to write a good book.

If I make a move, like raise my eyebrows, some critic says I'm doing Nicholson. What am I supposed to do, cut off my eyebrows?

I'm a big action junkie. I grew up on the '80s action movies - the bad ones and the good ones.