Charlotte Dujardin

As much as you may be sitting in the top five or the top 10, sometimes you just don't get that chance to get to the top.

Every competition I do, I never know if it's the last one.

When I used to say I did dressage, I got blank looks. No one had a clue what I was on about.

I love having horses from a young age and seeing how far they can go.

If I never competed again, it wouldn't bother me. I don't care.

London was my first Olympics. It was my dream to get there, and I literally had the time of my life.

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.

It isn't called dressage any more - it is called 'dancing horses.'

I want to get up and ride my horses, do what I love doing. I don't want to be recognised.

The sport is about finding the horses. But to find another Valegro is impossible.

I literally worked from the bottom up to where I am now.

People recognise me now. I've got so much fan mail.

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.'

There is Rio in 2016, but it won't be the same as going to London and hearing 24,000 people - nearly all British - cheering, stamping their feet, and screaming your name.

My mum used to ride, and when she was mucking out, I always wanted to sit on a horse. And if she took me off, I'd scream my head off.

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've done more than I ever dreamed of.

Valegro just loves his job. I don't have to force him to do anything, I just sit there and steer, and off I go. There's no sweating, no pushing, no pulling. He knows his job, and it's just fantastic.

I'm quite happy with the way my life is.