she stayed with me , telling me i had to fight , that i had to live , for nearly eight hours straight . '' catching the looks on their faces , he asked , 'you do know how to rub down a horse , dont you ? anybody who would take that posing seriously would have to be an idiot . `` i dont want you to ever be the first thing i see when i wake up ! '' he would have preferred things to be moving just a little faster , but that was beside the point . 