British - Journalist | January 29, 1971 -
If you look back at British history, women being allowed to play sport in schools meant they had to change their clothing. They couldn't be running around in their long skirts and corsets, because you can't.
Clare Balding
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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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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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Particularly when you're young, you're terribly flattered by people who like you, so you think you love them.
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I know sport can change the world, and that matters to me.
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I don't make decisions for money or popularity. I do things because they're right for me, and they're interesting and challenging.
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When you're little, your father is your hero. Mine was. Then it all becomes more complicated.
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Like so many kids, I just wanted to fit in, and I see now that I spent most of my life trying to be what I wasn't, trying to get people to like me.
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It had become boring to write: 'I like Clare Balding'. To say: 'I don't like Clare Balding' is much more newsworthy.
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I cannot be a placard waver for every campaign; that's why I have mostly kept quiet about gay marriage.
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I felt like a misfit at school, and I think that's quite common.
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