Quotes from Charlotte Dujardin

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.

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.

I've had dreams - there were three things I wanted to do during my career. I did them during my first year of Grand Prix.

It's insane to have won all those things - not possible. But what I love is learning, which never stops and is nothing to do with the medals you've won.

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.'

Winning HOYS set me up for the future and prepared me for riding in front of lots of people, but the real highlight was the London 2012 Olympics. Being able to go out in front of thousands of people, on your home ground, representing your country and winning gold medals is something I'll never be able to beat.

I think I thrive under pressure.

I was frightened. I hadn't really had any experience, and then all of a sudden I was thrown straight into doing interviews. Most people have build-up. I had none.

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

I turned the Gloucester Christmas lights on and our local Newent lights on, so everyone recognises me now. It is a completely different life for me.

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

That's why success hasn't changed me: because I don't want to be famous or do TV or be a model or be recognised in a shop. I'm not interested. There's nothing worse.

I get called 'the girl off the dancing horse.' I just laugh; I think it's really funny. It's true, isn't it? It's great we're getting that recognition.

I literally did it through hard work and dedication. People out there who think you have to have loads of money to do this sport... it just shows you.

I'm really, really excited heading towards Rio.

I can honestly say I had the time of my life in London. I don't regret one part of it, and I have never wanted the moment to end.

It is probably like an artist. They see in their head what they want to draw, and they draw it. It is like I have a feeling inside me that I want to create on a horse, and that is what I do.

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

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

I never think of who's in the competition. I never let myself get in that frame of mind, worrying about who I'm against.

Getting to the top is one thing, but staying there is quite another. That's the difficult bit.

I don't ever want to be famous. I never want to live that life. I genuinely hate the fact that I would be stopped for a picture or an autograph all the time.

For most athletes, there's a focus on your own fitness, but I have to rely on my horse, too. I've been very lucky so far, and it hasn't presented a problem, but you can never count on a competition going as planned until you're there and actually doing it.

It's going to be hard to ever have a horse to replace Valegro. He is a professor. I think he read the dressage book and learnt it all before he ever did it.