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 Copy Share Image
I didn't go to university. They offered me a job as a junior reporter and I went off to work for the Southern Reporter. They sent me to college to do my NCTJ, which is a professional exam for journalists, and I started work as a print journalist purely because I was just a pest. They couldn't think of anything… — Jill Douglas Copy Share
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… — Jill Douglas Copy Share Image
Get involved and learn how to recognise a story happening in front of you. Learn how to ask questions and be curious. That's probably… — Jill Douglas Copy Share Image
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… — Jill Douglas Copy Share Image
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… — Jill Douglas Copy Share Image
I was always interested in sport. My family are big sports' fans. We always had all the locals round watching big sporting events. I… — Jill Douglas Copy Share Image
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… — Jill Douglas Copy Share Image
They're [sportsmen] willing to give up a lot of other things that perhaps we all enjoy doing: eating and drinking and playing or whatever.… — Jill Douglas Copy Share Image
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.… — Jill Douglas Copy Share Image
Leading up to a live event you need to do your homework and go to bed early. Sometimes it's very tempting to go out with everybody else, They're all going to a party or going out for a nice meal and you think 'oh well I'd like to go', but sometimes you think 'no, if I'm going to be sitting… — Jill Douglas Copy Share
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… — Jill Douglas Copy Share Image
Try and maybe write a couple of articles for your local paper. Perhaps you need to go to college to learn some things that… — Jill Douglas Copy Share Image
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