If I had to pick one exact moment when we were live on air and something very, very special happened it was at the Athens Olympics. Chris Hoy won the Gold Medal in the kilometre time trial and that was… — Jill Douglas Copy Share Image
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… — 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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