Willie Martinez Quotations

I'm so proud of what Brass Hat has done for us. We had a great experience and we'd love to come back next year.

He plays like a tailback with his running capabilities. You then throw in his throwing abilities and it is like a tailback playing quarterback. He will put us in stressful situations.

He plays harder on a more consistent basis, and it's showing. He's always been talented. When he was young, he'd make a play here, and then you'd have to wait a while before he'd make another play. Now, even when he doesn't make a play, he's affecting a play.

I believe in my union 100 percent. And I believe that you're also going to see some changes in the future -- the near future -- and they're all going to be for the good.

You don't really see Lou a lot. He stays in the background. He just likes to sit back in the background and support his son.

Right now we are, but it's still up in the air.

We really didn't want to do anything to change our horse's (off-the-pace) style. We had a lot of respect for those other horses, but I don't think they had a lot of respect for us. I told Buff last year that this horse would be even better this year, and I think he is. We appreciate this horse and the style he has.

It's like walking on a pillow. I've been riding 16 years and I honestly have to say that this is the safest I ever felt riding in my entire career.

That's the nature of the beast of our job. How was your day? I won the race, but I broke my shoulder and had to put my horse down.

Slaton is similar to a Darren McFadden at Arkansas. I don't know if he has that kind of speed, but he's fast enough. You can see him run away from players taking angles.