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
Everyone loves sport. And everyone loves a quiz.
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.
I get very emotional when British players are playing.
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?'
When I became a presenter, Bob Wilson was the only other ex-sportsman doing it.
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.
I'd grown up with Wimbledon, and so to play on Centre Court really was a dream come true.
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.
I suppose it must be true that if you have a bad practice, you'll probably have a good match!
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.'
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.
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.
It doesn't worry me how I'm remembered.
But you are always remembered for how many Slams you win, not weeks at No. 1.
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.
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.
The more publicity the better.
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.
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.
For me, I still wish every day that I could play tennis again. It's such an incredible, wonderful job to have.
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.
For a long time I was terrified of dogs, but now I get so much pleasure from them.
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.
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.
