Noel Whitcomb quotes

I am not one of the people who believe that the main reason why a chap becomes a bookmaker is because he is too scared to steal and too heavy to become a jockey.
-- Noel Whitcomb

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I believe that whatever comes at a particular time is a blessing from God.

There's the South Pole, said Christopher Robin, and I expect there's an East Pole and a West Pole, though people don't like talking about them.

Once a leader delegates, he should show utmost confidence in the people he has entrusted.

My goal has been to encourage jointness, to push people to think of affiliations rather than to operate as solo entrepreneurs.

Major sports are major parts of society. It's not anomalous to have people who love sports come from other parts of that society.

People who deal with life generously and large-heartedly go on multiplying relationships to the end.

A jump jockey has to throw his heart over the fence - and then go over and catch it.

I feel as a horse must feel when the beautiful cup is given to the jockey.

In Isaac Murphy: I Dedicate This Ride Frank X Walker helps restore to public memory one of history's greatest jockeys. Isaac Murphy's story has universal significance but it is very much a Kentucky story, of which all Kentuckians should be proud.

I was young and fearless in those days, but always enjoyed riding at Cartmel. They used to call me 'Cartmellor', probably because I kept coming back on a stretcher.