I've ridden 3,651 winners, if that's any good to you. I don't count the falls. I count the winners.

A helmet is the most important part of any jockey's kit because of the number of falls you take, so I wouldn't want to be wearing anything on the track unless it had been thoroughly tested.

I could never have ridden 4,000 winners without loving my job, and If I ever get to the point where I'm not loving it, I'll stop.

Sir Gordon Richards was the most successful jockey - flat or jumps - there's ever been: champion jockey for 26 years. He set a record of 269 winners in the season 55 years before I broke it. That was my greatest achievement.

If you break your sternum or your ribs, you can still move. It's going to hurt, but if you can cope with it, you'll do it.

Don't be a cheater, lose with clsss.