Working closely with animals - training them, understanding them, and getting across their beauty and intellegence to the people - for me, that's the best life I can have.
You must become a tiger to be able to train tigers.
It's not important what you say to them. It's the tone and the way
it's said. I call them by name, speak in a certain voice, and they know
what I mean. They each have a different personality. [on training
animals with food and voice rather than whip and chair]
You cannot tell a wild animal that he has to learn a trick today. You have to believe that he'll do it tomorrow if you spend enough time with him.