Sue Barker
Sue Barker

Everyone loves sport. And everyone loves a quiz.

Sue Barker
Sue Barker

For me, I still wish every day that I could play tennis again. It's such an incredible, wonderful job to have.

Sue Barker
Sue Barker

I still get goose-bumps when I walk into the All England Lawn Tennis Club at the start of tournament and that will never change.

Sue Barker
Sue Barker

It doesn't worry me how I'm remembered.

Sue Barker
Sue Barker

For a long time I was terrified of dogs, but now I get so much pleasure from them.

Sue Barker
Sue Barker

Mary Peters. When I was having my sulky, stroppy, bad loser phase I watched her at the Olympics. Sometimes she failed but always with a smile and good grace. She taught me how to win and lose, and I have a photo taken with her in my lounge.

Sue Barker
Sue Barker

Wimbledon is a special place for me in so many ways and I feel privileged to have been such a big part of it over the years.

Sue Barker
Sue Barker

The more publicity the better.

Sue Barker
Sue Barker

I wouldn't have wanted to be in any other era. Chrissie Evert, Martina Navratilova, Virginia Wade, Evonne Goolagong and Margaret Court were fabulous people, and I made great friends along the way.

Sue Barker
Sue Barker

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
Sue Barker

I never dreamed when I was competing at The Championships that I would one day be interviewing the winners on Centre Court for the BBC.

Sue Barker
Sue Barker

I'd grown up with Wimbledon, and so to play on Centre Court really was a dream come true.

Sue Barker
Sue Barker

Billie-Jean King used to take me out on court and say that she just wanted to watch my forehand. You can't get greater praise than that.

Sue Barker
Sue Barker

I'd earned enough money, I had a flat in Wimbledon, I did some corporate things, but I was really unhappy. After being challenged all my life, suddenly there were no challenges any more.

Sue Barker
Sue Barker

In 1980 I was attacked by a dog in Spain and was temporarily blinded in one eye - I thought it would end my tennis career.

Sue Barker
Sue Barker

But you are always remembered for how many Slams you win, not weeks at No. 1.

Sue Barker
Sue Barker

When I became a presenter, Bob Wilson was the only other ex-sportsman doing it.

Sue Barker
Sue Barker

The majority of people don't even realise I was a tennis player. The older you get, the less people remember what you did before.

Sue Barker
Sue Barker

You want to do it on your own terms - not to be forced out because your body breaks down. I had to quit because of injury and I was crying for weeks. I used to wake up in the morning and think 'what am I getting up for now?'

Sue Barker
Sue Barker

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.