David Motes

World Champion Team Roper

Currently makes his home in Tolar, TX. Started roping when he was 9 and living in Mesa, AZ.

David has been to the NFR twenty-two times, won the NFR average four times and won a world title once. He has won the Salinas rodeo fives times, along with every other major rodeo.

David is currently single and has three kids: son Ryan, 27; son, Casey, 24; and a daughter Mica 21.

 

 

 

Q & A with David Motes

If I didn’t rodeo for a living I would probably:
Hunt and fish

If you had a day off, you would do what:
Probably watch movies

Favorite food:
Steak

Who would you like to meet in person, that you’ve never met?
John Wayne

Favorite sports team:
Dallas Cowboys

Other than NFR, favorite rodeo:
Salinas

Hardest thing about what you do:
Traveling

Best thing about what you do:
Seeing friends

Your best character trait:
I enjoy life every day

Your worst character trait:
Spend too much money

Who do you most admire:
Ronald Reagan

Favorite movie:
Raiders of the Lost Ark

What makes you laugh:
Good jokes and happy people

Best horse you’ve ever ridden:
Citation, a horse I owned for 10 years who passed away last year.

 

Photo by Dan Hubbell

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