Clare Balding
Clare Balding
Clare Victoria Balding OBE is an award-winning broadcaster, journalist and author. She currently presents for BBC Sport, Channel 4, BT Sport and the religious/spiritual programme Good Morning Sunday on BBC Radio 2...
NationalityBritish
ProfessionTV Show Host
Date of Birth29 January 1971
develops helps learning sports
Sport develops your brain. It helps your learning. It's not an add-on at the end of the day.
becomes
When you're little, your father is your hero. Mine was. Then it all becomes more complicated.
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.
amount answer bored brain infinite restless sports
Sports commentating is the answer for a restless brain like mine. I can never get bored because there is an infinite amount to know.
life people trying
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.
boring fitting whole-life
Fitting in is boring. But it takes you nearly your whole life to work that out.
gay gay-marriage campaigns
I cannot be a placard waver for every campaign; that's why I have mostly kept quiet about gay marriage.
school thinking common
I felt like a misfit at school, and I think that's quite common.
dad thinking guy
Dad is a really surprising guy. Every time I think he's going to be useless, he ends up doing something amazing and saying exactly the right thing.
golf play awful
I play golf - even though I'm awful at it.
hate i-hate minutes
I hate being alone, even for 10 minutes.
horse growing-up wanted
I didn't just grow up with horses; I wanted to be one.
I've never been particularly maternal.
kids thinking should-have
I think all kids should have something they feels is theirs.