It has been an honour to present BBC ‘Sports Personality Of The Year’ for the last 19 years and I have loved every minute of it. The BBC have asked me to stay but I had made the decision to downsize my commitments a while ago, and I knew that the time would be right after what was always set to be a magical 2012. Sue Barker Read Quote
When I became a presenter, Bob Wilson was the only other ex-sportsman doing it. Sue Barker Read Quote
I suppose it must be true that if you have a bad practice, you’ll probably have a good match! Sue Barker Read Quote
Sports Personality of the Year’ is such an iconic sort of programme, I remember when I was playing tennis, wherever I was in the world I would want to be back in Britain for ‘Sports Personality of the Year.’ Sue Barker Read Quote
I work on ‘A Question of Sport’ which comes out of Manchester and you see how it’s important to take parts of the BBC to other parts of the nation. Sue Barker Read Quote
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 that was paid could I keep the extra, and that was a powerful incentive. Sue Barker Read Quote
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 stuck under your nose. Sue Barker Read Quote
For me, I still wish every day that I could play tennis again. It’s such an incredible, wonderful job to have. Sue Barker Read Quote
