Clare Balding Quotes & Sayings (Page 2)

“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.”

“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.”

“You come across words all the time that are everyday sexism. I was described as 'competently bossy' and 'bossily competent' by a male journalist, and I thought, 'Gosh, 'bossy' is never used of a man.'”

“I've had so many things, good and bad, said about me. I'm way beyond worrying about what people say.”

“I get a lot of abuse on Twitter. It's mostly homophobic, but what can you do? I just either ignore it or laugh.”

“Women's sport helps break down a lot of barriers for women in other areas, whether in religion or politics.”

“You hear the word 'cancer,' and you think it is a death sentence. In fact, the shock is the biggest thing about a diagnosis of cancer.”

“I think 'ambitious' is one of those adjectives used for women in a derogatory way.”

“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.”

“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.”