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.
From Clare Balding
Particularly when you're young, you're terribly flattered by people who like you, so you think you love them.
I know sport can change the world, and that matters to me.
I don't make decisions for money or popularity. I do things because they're right for me, and they're interesting and challenging.
When you're little, your father is your hero. Mine was. Then it all becomes more complicated.
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.
I really love good food occasionally, but I need time to enjoy it, and I need to be hungry.
It had become boring to write: 'I like Clare Balding'. To say: 'I don't like Clare Balding' is much more newsworthy.
I cannot be a placard waver for every campaign; that's why I have mostly kept quiet about gay marriage.
I felt like a misfit at school, and I think that's quite common.
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