Sport develops your brain. It helps your learning. It's not an add-on at the end of the day. Clare Balding More Quotes by Clare Balding More Quotes From Clare Balding 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. Clare Balding attitudekidschildren The most important quality in a partner is a sense of humour. Clare Balding partnersqualityimportant I cannot be a placard waver for every campaign; that's why I have mostly kept quiet about gay marriage. Clare Balding gay-marriagecampaignsgay A lot of interviewers are looking for the dark side. They want to know about the depths of your despair and fear. Clare Balding despairdepthdark It had become boring to write: 'I like Clare Balding'. To say: 'I don't like Clare Balding' is much more newsworthy. Clare Balding newsworthyboringwriting I think all kids should have something they feels is theirs. Clare Balding should-havekidsthinking I didn't just grow up with horses; I wanted to be one. Clare Balding horsegrowing-upgrows On the beach, I take my clothes off under a towel. Clare Balding toweltakeclothesbeach If you look back at British history, women being allowed to play sport in schools meant they had to change their clothing. They couldn't be running around in their long skirts and corsets, because you can't. Clare Balding youwomenchangehistory You hear the word 'cancer,' and you think it is a death sentence. In fact, the shock is the biggest thing about a diagnosis of cancer. Clare Balding thinkyoucancerdeath 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. Clare Balding thinkyoulovepeople 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. Clare Balding feelmeproudspiritual Very rarely will you listen to the radio in a judgmental way, the way you'll watch telly. Clare Balding willyouradioway Particularly when you're young, you're terribly flattered by people who like you, so you think you love them. Clare Balding thinkyoulovepeople I know sport can change the world, and that matters to me. Clare Balding change-the-worldmechangeworld When you're little, your father is your hero. Mine was. Then it all becomes more complicated. Clare Balding youcomplicatedherofather Like so many kids, I just wanted to fit in, and I see now that I spent most of my life trying to be what I wasn't, trying to get people to like me. Clare Balding my-lifemelifepeople I've had so many things, good and bad, said about me. I'm way beyond worrying about what people say. Clare Balding goodmepeopleway I hate the fact that public schools like the one I went to have fantastic sports facilities, and state schools don't. That's not fair. That's outrageous. Clare Balding likenot-fairhatesports
