Jill Douglas Quotes About Sports

Quotes about: Sports

• 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 particularly sporty myself. I played a lot of hockey and rode, still do ride, but I just had a general interest in it. When I was given the opportunity to do sport stories I used to grab them.

  Jill Douglas

  Sports, Hockey, Opportunity

  Source: www.bbc.co.uk

• 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. If you've got enthusiasm, determination and you love your sport - why shouldn't you be doing my job?

  Jill Douglas

  Sports, Determination, Jobs

  Source: www.bbc.co.uk

• Whether you work in news, sport, politics, whatever, it's exactly the same; a story is a story, is a story. I consider myself first and foremost a journalist.

  Jill Douglas

  Sports, Firsts, News

  Source: www.bbc.co.uk

• 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 individuals. You get to meet them when they're first coming into their sport. You watch them develop and you build up relationships with them.

  Jill Douglas

  Sports, Firsts, Watches

  Source: www.bbc.co.uk

• I really enjoy doing what I do. I enjoy seeing live sport performed at the highest level. What's wonderful about sport is that it involves everybody, everybody has an opinion.

  Jill Douglas

  Sports, Levels, Opinion

  Source: www.bbc.co.uk

• As long as I'm working in sport, enjoying it and getting to see some wonderful sporting events, I'm quite happy. I don't want to be really famous. I don't want people to stop me in the street. I want to just enjoy the work, work with lovely people, work on good quality sport and get to experience some more of these amazing moments.

  Jill Douglas

  Sports, Long, People

  Source: www.bbc.co.uk

• I don't know if other people have found it difficult relating to me, certainly that's not the feedback I've had. I don't think of myself particularly as a woman working in sport. I think of myself as a broadcaster, a journalist, and the right person for the job, regardless of whether I happen to be female or male.

  Jill Douglas

  Sports, Jobs, Thinking

  Source: www.bbc.co.uk

• 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 sports fan, you only see the end result.

  Jill Douglas

  Sports, Commitment, Effort

  Source: www.bbc.co.uk

• 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 say is, if you can, go and work with your local radio station covering local sporting events.

  Jill Douglas

  Sports, Jobs, Opportunity

  Source: www.bbc.co.uk

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