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" You hear the word 'cancer,' and you think it is a death sentence. In fact, the shock is the biggest thing about a diagnosis of cancer. "

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" The British have a unique relationship with horses. They are etched into our landscape in chalk, they have been written about, painted, sung about, celebrated and gambled upon for centuries. "

" I don't make decisions for money or popularity. I do things because they're right for me, and they're interesting and challenging. "

" I want to make the world a better place, for women, mainly. "

" I know sport can change the world, and that matters to me. "

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" I've always been fascinated by intelligence and how our brains work, and how they can be improved. "

" I have never understood the clamour for waif-like women whose flesh acts merely as a thin veil for their bones - much as I would love to be thinner, I would hate to take it so far that I had no actual shape at all. "

" When you're little, your father is your hero. Mine was. Then it all becomes more complicated. "

" Sport develops your brain. It helps your learning. It's not an add-on at the end of the day. "

" Swimming and athletics are the big gigs at the Olympic games. Cycling and rowing are pretty big for Britain, but globally, the two big things are athletics and swimming. "

" Women's sport helps break down a lot of barriers for women in other areas, whether in religion or politics. "

" People like to think of you as a certain person, or a certain type of person, and they do love to give you a label. We like luggage labels, and we like people labels. "

" If you are fearful, a horse will back off. If you are calm and confident, it will come forward. For those who are often flattered or feared, the horse can be a welcome mirror of the best in human nature. "

" Being made to feel like an irrelevant child was probably an asset. Benign negligence is not a bad parental attitude or at least a cross between a benevolent dictator and benign negligence - you should just let kids crack on with it. "

" Lots of women don't realize that they're gay until they're grown up. "

" I've never been particularly maternal. "

" I play golf - even though I'm awful at it. "

" I think 'ambitious' is one of those adjectives used for women in a derogatory way. "

" You come across words all the time that are everyday sexism. I was described as 'competently bossy' and 'bossily competent' by a male journalist, and I thought, 'Gosh, 'bossy' is never used of a man.' "

" I've had so many things, good and bad, said about me. I'm way beyond worrying about what people say. "

" 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. "

" It had become boring to write: 'I like Clare Balding'. To say: 'I don't like Clare Balding' is much more newsworthy. "

" I find people interesting. People trying hard are interesting. People with a passion are interesting - whether it's old cars or taxidermy or knitting. "

" I hate being alone, even for 10 minutes. "

" Particularly when you're young, you're terribly flattered by people who like you, so you think you love them. "

" The most important quality in a partner is a sense of humour. "

" A lot of interviewers are looking for the dark side. They want to know about the depths of your despair and fear. "

" I hate the fact that public schools like the one I went to have fantastic sports facilities, and state schools don't. That's not fair. That's outrageous. "

" I felt like a misfit at school, and I think that's quite common. "

" 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. "

" On the beach, I take my clothes off under a towel. "