Tennis Quotes 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…

— 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…

— 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.

— 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…

— Sue Barker

For a long time I was terrified of dogs, but now I get so much pleasure from them.

— 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…

— 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…

— 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,…

— Sue Barker

For me, I still wish every day that I could play tennis again. It's such an incredible, wonderful job to have.

— Sue Barker

When I became a presenter, Bob Wilson was the only other ex-sportsman doing it.

— 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…

— 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…

— 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…

— 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…

— Sue Barker

But you are always remembered for how many Slams you win, not weeks at No. 1.

— Sue Barker