Occupation: Presenter Birth: 1970
There are very few lows but lots and lots of highs. You're in an incredibly privileged position because you're able to go along to major sporting eve….
I would say go for it because it is a fantastic job. It's a wonderful opportunity to go and get involved with sport at whatever level. What I would s….
I've learned that the effort sportsmen and women put in is incredible. Their commitment to their sport is phenomenal. Sometimes as a viewer, as a spo….
I was always interested in sport. My family are big sports' fans. We always had all the locals round watching big sporting events. I wasn't particula….
The lowlights... Sometimes you're away from home quite a lot, which can be difficult. It's not first class all the way, you don't stay in exotic hote….
I think it's something that you learn to deal with the more experienced you become. When I first presented live news, which was 12 years ago, I was v….
I'm not a nosy person, but I'm always thinking 'I wonder why he did that? I wonder why this week he was this much better than last week?' I'm always ….
I was in China this year and I spent three weeks there with no luggage, in a really not very nice place and without anything except my passport and m….
If you've done your preparation and you know the team of people that you're working with, then it makes life an awful lot easier. I still get nervous….
I worked very hard as a young journalist learning the trade and asking questions, understanding what a story is and being able to present that in a w….
I think because I came from a very strong news background and people were aware of me from that side of things, they appreciated me as a journalist. ….
You see history in the making and that is definitely the highlight. You get to meet these amazing sportsmen and women, and see them develop as indivi….
I didn't go to university. They offered me a job as a junior reporter and I went off to work for the Southern Reporter. They sent me to college to do….
I think whatever it is you decide to do in life, if you want to be the very best at it, you have to be able to make sacrifices. Not everybody can do ….
At the other end of the scale I was there with a whole lot of young British athletes so I was getting to see them take their first steps on the inter….
Try and maybe write a couple of articles for your local paper. Perhaps you need to go to college to learn some things that might help you on the way.….
They're [sportsmen] willing to give up a lot of other things that perhaps we all enjoy doing: eating and drinking and playing or whatever. They give ….
TV depends very much on the pictures that you see on your television, and all the other things that come up on the screen, whether it be GFX, the stu….
I'll have spent most of the day before the match doing some preparation. That's a little bit like studying for your exams. You need to know the perso….
As a presenter, while I might suddenly want to start talking about something completely different, I have to stick to what we've agreed in order for ….
You don't see what's gone before. A lot of that can be long, long boring hours in the gym, long, long hours on the track or, for the likes of Paula R….