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TS : I was born and raised in Parker County . My granddaddy bought the ranch I live on in 1928 . We ’ ve been big and we ’ ve been little , but we ’ re still standing .
PCT : What ’ s the coolest thing that you have ever done in your life ? TS : I met a girl at a debutante party one time and asked her to get married . I got married at 10 a . m . in downtown Fort Worth . Getting married was pretty cool . I ’ ve started horses in Argentina , Paraguay , Uruguay and Brazil . I was the first one to ever touch them . That ’ s what I ’ m best at really . I ’ m really good at starting colts . I traveled through four different countries before I got to my destination and got to ride those horses .
PCT : What ’ s your secret talent ? TS : I ’ m a smooth operator . I ’ m a negotiator .
PCT : What is your definition of the best day ever ?
TS : That ’ s easy . I want to be in fresh country on a fresh horse . And that ’ s a fresh idea right there . I would want to be in country that I haven ’ t been in . I want to start something that I haven ’ t seen before . I want the ball in the fourth quarter when we ’ re behind . I ’ m the guy that wants the ball . If it ain ’ t broke I want to ride it . The difference between cow people and horse people is that cow people have horses because they have cattle . Horse people have cattle because they have horses .
PCT : What piece of advice has defined your life up till now ? TS : Don ’ t ever give up and don ’ t ever give out .
PCT : If you could have another career , what would it be and why ? TS : I would join the circus . I would be a circus trainer . I would also like to be a foreign dignitary . It would be worth reading about . I ’ d like to be a
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