Words matter. These are the best Clare Balding Quotes, and they’re great for sharing with your friends.
I think ‘ambitious’ is one of those adjectives used for women in a derogatory way.
I felt like a misfit at school, and I think that’s quite common.
I think all kids should have something they feels is theirs.
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.
I get a lot of abuse on Twitter. It’s mostly homophobic, but what can you do? I just either ignore it or laugh.
I am many things, but one of the things I am is a lesbian.
I cannot be a placard waver for every campaign; that’s why I have mostly kept quiet about gay marriage.
Being made to feel like an irrelevant child was probably an asset. Benign negligence is not a bad parental attitude or at least a cross between a benevolent dictator and benign negligence – you should just let kids crack on with it.
Weekends are a real luxury for me because I’m usually working.
If you are fearful, a horse will back off. If you are calm and confident, it will come forward. For those who are often flattered or feared, the horse can be a welcome mirror of the best in human nature.
Sports commentating is the answer for a restless brain like mine. I can never get bored because there is an infinite amount to know.
I didn’t just grow up with horses; I wanted to be one.
I know sport can change the world, and that matters to me.
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.
Sport develops your brain. It helps your learning. It’s not an add-on at the end of the day.
Particularly when you’re young, you’re terribly flattered by people who like you, so you think you love them.
On the beach, I take my clothes off under a towel.
I don’t make decisions for money or popularity. I do things because they’re right for me, and they’re interesting and challenging.
I want to make the world a better place, for women, mainly.
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.
Swimmers provide much healthier role models for teenagers than the catwalk.
I’ve always been fascinated by intelligence and how our brains work, and how they can be improved.
I really love good food occasionally, but I need time to enjoy it, and I need to be hungry.
I think I can be spiritual, and I can feel that I want to live well, I want to do things that I’m proud of, and I think that’s important. Now, do I need a church to tell me that? Actually, no, I don’t.
I find people interesting. People trying hard are interesting. People with a passion are interesting – whether it’s old cars or taxidermy or knitting.
I’ve had so many things, good and bad, said about me. I’m way beyond worrying about what people say.
It had become boring to write: ‘I like Clare Balding’. To say: ‘I don’t like Clare Balding’ is much more newsworthy.
Women’s sport helps break down a lot of barriers for women in other areas, whether in religion or politics.
The most important quality in a partner is a sense of humour.
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.’
