--- title: "1 Playing Overseas Quotes By Sue Barker" description: "1 Playing Overseas quotes by Sue Barker. Plus more from Sue Barker and more Playing Overseas sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/236/sue-barker-21387_back_when-i-was-playing-all-my-overseas-trips_1528043.jpg" --- > [When I was playing, all my overseas trips were paid for by the LTA, then by my coach, and from whatever prize-money I made I would have to pay back as much as I could of the fare. Only once…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sue-barker/when-i-was-playing-all-my-overseas-trips-were-paid-for-by-the-lta/) [Sue Barker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sue-barker/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/236/sue-barker-21387_back_when-i-was-playing-all-my-overseas-trips_1528043.jpg) ## More by Sue Barker > [Wimbledon is a special place for me in so many ways and I feel privileged to have been such a big part of it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sue-barker/wimbledon-is-a-special-place-for-me-in-so-many-ways-and-i-feel/) [Sue Barker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sue-barker/) > [It has been an honour to present BBC 'Sports Personality Of The Year' for the last 19 years and I have loved every minute…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sue-barker/it-has-been-an-honour-to-present-bbc-sports-personality-of-the-year/) [Sue Barker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sue-barker/) > [I still get goose-bumps when I walk into the All England Lawn Tennis Club at the start of tournament and that will never change.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sue-barker/i-still-get-goose-bumps-when-i-walk-into-the-all-england-lawn-tennis/) [Sue Barker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sue-barker/) > [ How fitting \[it would be if Roger Federer played the first match under the roof\] ... he has become known in recent years as… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sue-barker/how-fitting-it-would-be-if-roger-federer-played-the-first-match-under/) [Sue Barker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sue-barker/) > [For a long time I was terrified of dogs, but now I get so much pleasure from them.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sue-barker/for-a-long-time-i-was-terrified-of-dogs-but-now-i-get-so-much/) [Sue Barker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sue-barker/) > [Mary Peters. When I was having my sulky, stroppy, bad loser phase I watched her at the Olympics. Sometimes she failed but always with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sue-barker/mary-peters-when-i-was-having-my-sulky-stroppy-bad-loser-phase-i/) [Sue Barker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sue-barker/) > [Sports Personality of the Year' is such an iconic sort of programme, I remember when I was playing tennis, wherever I was in the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sue-barker/sports-personality-of-the-year-is-such-an-iconic-sort-of-programme-i/) [Sue Barker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sue-barker/) > [I wouldn't have wanted to be in any other era. Chrissie Evert, Martina Navratilova, Virginia Wade, Evonne Goolagong and Margaret Court were fabulous people,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sue-barker/i-wouldn-t-have-wanted-to-be-in-any-other-era-chrissie-evert-martina/) [Sue Barker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sue-barker/) > [For me, I still wish every day that I could play tennis again. It's such an incredible, wonderful job to have.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sue-barker/for-me-i-still-wish-every-day-that-i-could-play-tennis-again-it-s/) [Sue Barker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sue-barker/) > [When I became a presenter, Bob Wilson was the only other ex-sportsman doing it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sue-barker/when-i-became-a-presenter-bob-wilson-was-the-only-other-ex-sportsman/) [Sue Barker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sue-barker/) > [I know what it is to win and to lose, and the last thing you want when you've lost is to have a microphone…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sue-barker/i-know-what-it-is-to-win-and-to-lose-and-the-last-thing-you-want-when/) [Sue Barker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sue-barker/) > [I'd earned enough money, I had a flat in Wimbledon, I did some corporate things, but I was really unhappy. After being challenged all…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sue-barker/i-d-earned-enough-money-i-had-a-flat-in-wimbledon-i-did-some/) [Sue Barker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sue-barker/) > [In 1980 I was attacked by a dog in Spain and was temporarily blinded in one eye - I thought it would end my…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sue-barker/in-1980-i-was-attacked-by-a-dog-in-spain-and-was-temporarily-blinded/) [Sue Barker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sue-barker/) > [When I was playing, all my overseas trips were paid for by the LTA, then by my coach, and from whatever prize-money I made…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sue-barker/when-i-was-playing-all-my-overseas-trips-were-paid-for-by-the-lta/) [Sue Barker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sue-barker/) > [But you are always remembered for how many Slams you win, not weeks at No. 1.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sue-barker/but-you-are-always-remembered-for-how-many-slams-you-win-not-weeks-at/) [Sue Barker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sue-barker/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/playing-overseas/sue-barker/#itemlist", "name": "1 Playing Overseas Quotes By Sue Barker", "numberOfItems": 1, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "When I was playing, all my overseas trips were paid for by the LTA, then by my coach, and from whatever prize-money I made I would have to pay back as much as I could of the fare. 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