It's going to be a rule, I think, for wearing a crash hat, and I actually fractured my skull through not wearing a hat. I was so lucky to escape from that, and now, it's something I always do.
I think I thrive under pressure.
When you're doing well and you're successful, part of being successful is that you get interviewed. But it ruins the moment.
I was frightened. I hadn't really had any experience, and then all of a sudden I was thrown straight into doing interviews. Most people have build-up. I had none.
It is very rare that he makes a mistake, and I feel just privileged to have done what I have with him. There will never be another Valegro.
I have walked into several pubs, and guys in there have said to me, 'My God, you are the girl off the dancing horse.' They have got no idea about dressage, and they said, 'I can't work out whether you make the horse do that or the horse does it itself - we just couldn't tell - but it brought tears to our eyes.'
Every horse I get on I can adapt to. It's like a jigsaw puzzle.
It is probably like an artist. They see in their head what they want to draw, and they draw it. It is like I have a feeling inside me that I want to create on a horse, and that is what I do.
I got asked to do loads of TV series, all sorts of things that weren't me.
I want to get up and ride my horses, do what I love doing. I don't want to be recognised.
So many horses get stage fright when they enter the arena, and that's it - the performance is over.
I have come from a background where I haven't had lots of money to put me on the map. I've had to work very hard for what I've got.
I literally got a private invite for lunch with the Queen. There was just 10 of us. And I was absolutely petrified because you can't take anyone with you, and no other sportspeople were there. There was the head of the military, and then the Queen sat next to me.
I literally worked from the bottom up to where I am now.
People recognise me now. I've got so much fan mail.
It isn't called dressage any more - it is called 'dancing horses.'
I don't ever want to be famous. I never want to live that life. I genuinely hate the fact that I would be stopped for a picture or an autograph all the time.
You can't do the same thing every day with the horse. Because they then know the thing inside out, and they're leading you, not the other way round. You don't want them to take over. You have to be able to ride the movements and set the movements up; you don't want them starting before you are ready.
I started as a working pupil in a yard, mucking out and doing all the duties... and I just never gave up on my dream.
I remember some people after the Olympics that had no idea about horses would ask, 'Do you do that with the horse, or does the horse do it by itself?' I think the fact that you can make it look like you are doing nothing is a real talent. And it is such a massive reward at the end of it.
