to go to was in order to ride at the level that i do, i ride competitively in three disciplines, reigners, which are horsers that do a pattern based on cowboy moves so the horse may gallop into the stadium, slide to a stop, slide, to a stop, back up. do four turns to the right, four turns to the left. fast circles, change, slow circles. come to a stop. that is one pattern. now, you practice and practice and practice. you have to be in good shape. i love the competition, i love to get on these horses, olympic athletics remember trained by danny girardi, a genius. and i love the promise, the potential of the horse, and not getting in his or her way. i have to be physically adept at that. i have to have stamina, balance in order to do that i have to work out, keep trim, be careful. that may well be a reason why i am as healthy as i am. >> the horses kept you young? >> yes. >> the description of that activity alone could wear somebody out. nonetheless sitting on a horse while that is going on. >> i have broken legs three times, after 30 years of hard riding, any profession -- >> [ laughing ]