“It's a lot of luck and being in the right place at the right time, that's what I think. Obviously you need to be noticed by people to be given the opportunities, and I think you do have to work hard.” PeopleThinkingNeedsHardOpportunityGivenHard WorkLuckRight TimeRight Place Author:Jill Douglas
“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 way that people would find interesting.” PeopleWayHardStoriesAbleYoungUnderstandingInterestingAskingTradeJournalistAsking Questions Author:Jill Douglas
“You're there right through the match, thinking all the time, making it up as you go along. We don't have anybody write our scripts. You're basically presenting to the people watching at home off the top of your head.” PeopleThinkingWritingHomeScriptsPresenting Author:Jill Douglas
“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 hotels and have people running after you.” PeopleWayFirstsSometimesHomeRunningDifficultClassHotelExoticFirst ClassAway From Home Author:Jill Douglas
“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 all the time. I think the best thing to do is to take a deep breath, make it simple, know what you're talking about, don't try and be fancy, don't try and be clever and just enjoy the experience.” PeopleIfsThinkingKnowsTryingStillsDoneEnjoySimpleTalkingTeamEasierBreathsCleverNervousAwfulPreparationBest ThingsThings To DoFancyDeep BreathTake A Deep Breath Author:Jill Douglas
“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 all these other people to get their bits into the programme. So you have to be quite disciplined.” PeopleWantDifferentMightOrderBitsTalkingSticksProgrammesPresenter Author:Jill Douglas
“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.” PeopleWantLongMomentsSportsEnjoyQualityWonderfulStreetsEventsLovelyGood QualitySporting Events Author:Jill Douglas
“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.” PeopleIfsThinkingKnowsPersonsHappensJobsFoundSportsDifficultFemaleMalesJournalistFeedbackRight PersonBroadcasters Author:Jill Douglas
“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. Maybe it was less difficult for me.” PeopleThinkingStrongDifficultSidesNewsBackgroundsJournalistVery StrongAppreciated Author:Jill Douglas
“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 wanting to ask questions of people. I think my advice would be get involved locally and see where it takes you.” PeopleThinkingPersonsWould BeLastsAsksWonderWeekAdviceInvolvedGet InvolvedAlways Thinking Author:Jill Douglas
