This probably isn't the answer you are looking for; I suspect it is being quoted (or misquoted) from another source, but it appears in the McGill [Univ.] Reporter as follows:
"You might as well ride the horse in the direction it's going. You might as well look at this as an opportunity, not an obstacle."
==Cara Piperni, project manager, Financial Information System, McGill Univ. McGill Reporter, March 9, 2000. http://www.mcgill.ca/reporter/32/12/banner/