"There are times that I feel a bit guilty about what I put my mother through and particularly when she says that her biggest regret in life is letting me leave home at 15," McCoy told the Irish News.
"I heard you crying like a baby with a broken leg and jump jockeys get that every day of the week. You're not hard enough. You're not tough enough to be a jockey." McCoy told the Irish Times that this was Bolger's appraisal of his chances over fences.
"I didn't know Gordon before I rode Chickabiddy and he didn't train that many horses, but the ones he did he was successful with, so I'll be forever grateful to him for giving me the ride," McCoy told BBC Sport.
McCoy and Martin Pipe enjoyed a hugely-successful partnership
"Martin turned me into a robot but in the best possible way. I wouldn't have broken any of those records if it wasn't for him," McCoy told the Racing Post.
In March 1997, Pipe sent Make A Stand to Cheltenham for the Champion Hurdle and entrusted McCoy with the ride. In the blue and yellow silks, a fresh-faced McCoy made all the running as 7/1 shot Make A Stand went on to win powerfully by five lengths. In the space of a few years, McCoy had gone from apprentice jockey with a broken leg to winning the connections of Make A Stand £124,138 in prize money.
AP McCoy rode many of JP McManus' star horses
"It's going to be a huge change in my life. I'm very much looking forward to it. I hope to continue to do a good job and will still be trying very much to be champion jockey," McCoy told the Daily Telegraph.
It was apt that McCoy's 4,000th win as a jockey came aboard a McManus runner at the modest Towcester racecourse in November 2013. The humble but hardworking McCoy produced the former point-to-pointer to win by a half a length and collect the £3,119.04 prize.
"It's the greatest man in the game," O'Neill told BBC Sport. "He's a true professional. What I can say will not justify how good he is. We'll never see his likes again."
AP McCoy celebrates winning the 2010 Grand National on Don't Push It
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