Sid Waddell I talk fast because I’m asthmatic, and I’m desperately hoping the words get out before my breath fails. – Sid Waddell Asthmatic Quotes Breath Quotes Desperately Quotes Fails Quotes Fast Quotes Hoping Quotes Talk Quotes I’m a postmodern commentator, and so, in a cheeky parallel to James Joyce or James Kelman, I get to places, verbally, that are a little unusual – when I talk about Jocky Wilson and end up sounding like a Jackson Pollock of the commentary box. As a kid, I was school swot, but I used to hang around the billiard halls, learning that Geordie sense of humour, mixing with low-lifes. They were the sort who’d pick your pocket and then say ‘Here you are lad, here’s tuppence, get yourself some chips’. I was a good rugby player, a good runner, so I fitted in at Cambridge quite easily.
Robin Van Persie I live on having a challenge when the line is really thin. I like it the most when you have no clue what is going to happen. – Robin Van Persie
Nikki Glaser People are just so insensitive because they’re ignorant; they don’t understand, so they’re scared of what they’re ignorant of. – Nikki Glaser
Sue Barker When I became a presenter, Bob Wilson was the only other ex-sportsman doing it. – Sue Barker
AloneFamilyVic Fuentes When I’m writing, I separate from everyone. Even my band. I push myself, and I’m alone with my thoughts. Separating from friends and comforts and family lets you think a lot deeper about subject matter. Working alone drives me a little crazy, but it makes the writing as honest as possible. – Vic Fuentes
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