Clare Balding Quotes
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Swimming and athletics are the big gigs at the Olympic games. Cycling and rowing are pretty big for Britain, but globally, the two big things are athletics and swimming.
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People like to think of you as a certain person, or a certain type of person, and they do love to give you a label. We like luggage labels, and we like people labels.
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I've had so many things, good and bad, said about me. I'm way beyond worrying about what people say.
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I think 'ambitious' is one of those adjectives used for women in a derogatory way.
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I have never understood the clamour for waif-like women whose flesh acts merely as a thin veil for their bones - much as I would love to be thinner, I would hate to take it so far that I had no actual shape at all.
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I hate being alone, even for 10 minutes.
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Very rarely will you listen to the radio in a judgmental way, the way you'll watch telly.
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Dad is a really surprising guy. Every time I think he's going to be useless, he ends up doing something amazing and saying exactly the right thing.
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I know sport can change the world, and that matters to me.
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I've always been fascinated by intelligence and how our brains work, and how they can be improved.
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I find people interesting. People trying hard are interesting. People with a passion are interesting - whether it's old cars or taxidermy or knitting.
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I really love good food occasionally, but I need time to enjoy it, and I need to be hungry.
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I play golf - even though I'm awful at it.
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If you are fearful, a horse will back off. If you are calm and confident, it will come forward. For those who are often flattered or feared, the horse can be a welcome mirror of the best in human nature.
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I hate the fact that public schools like the one I went to have fantastic sports facilities, and state schools don't. That's not fair. That's outrageous.
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Women's sport helps break down a lot of barriers for women in other areas, whether in religion or politics.
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Lots of women don't realize that they're gay until they're grown up.
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I get a lot of abuse on Twitter. It's mostly homophobic, but what can you do? I just either ignore it or laugh.
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Weekends are a real luxury for me because I'm usually working.
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Sport develops your brain. It helps your learning. It's not an add-on at the end of the day.
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Having thyroid cancer in 2009 really didn't change my life at all. I wish I could say that I had this epiphany. But I knew I was lucky before that, so it's not like I suddenly realised how lucky I am.
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The British have a unique relationship with horses. They are etched into our landscape in chalk, they have been written about, painted, sung about, celebrated and gambled upon for centuries.