Steph McGovern Quotes

Steph McGovern

Profession : Journalist

Birth : May 31, 1982

I was a journalist's dream case study; a gobby girl with an accent who was good at engineering.

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If someone chooses a vocational route, why do they not get the same respect in society as someone who just does a pure academic route?

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Business leaders regularly complain that young people don't leave school with the right skills. Encouraging young people to be entrepreneurs makes the connection between school and the world of work, teaching them about practical thinking, team-work, communication and financial literacy.

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You'll never see me on anything like 'MasterChef.' I'm just not interested.

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Growing up in Middlesbrough I was taught to be resilient and competitive. My teachers made us believe that just because kids were at private school up the road, it didn't mean they were better than us.

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We concentrate too much on ethnic diversity and not enough on class. It's dead important to represent loads of different cultures. But what the BBC doesn't do enough of is thinking about getting people from more working-class backgrounds.

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My first attempt at a business was a jumble sale which I ran at the end of my next door neighbour's drive. I used to rummage through her garage, looking for anything that I thought people might buy. I'd then set up a table and try to sell what I could to the people walking by.

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Despite being a business journalist at the BBC for ten years, working behind the scenes on our high-profile news programmes, I was viewed by some in the organisation to be 'too common for telly.'

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I am not with child - I am with pot belly.

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I get up at 3:30 A. M. We're on air from 6 A. M., so if I'm in the studio, I'll have eggs at around 7 A. M. from the canteen - scrambled or poached, occasionally with a slice of brown toast.

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Drinks-wise, I stick to water, sometimes a Diet Coke.

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I just like to think of everyone as a happy family but in football that just doesn't exist.

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I am not frugal - I'm quite a big spender - but not on credit.

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I look at my bank account every day. I constantly think about what is going in and out, and I will always try to save money on something if I can.

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I see myself as a bit of a capitalist really - I like enterprise and making money.

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Since becoming a BBC breakfast presenter I have been paid four-figure sums for doing hour-long speeches for associations and at awards dinners. That has been an eye-opener. I am surprised by how much people are willing to pay TV celebrities to do that kind of stuff.

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Kids have some of the best ideas - bringing new eyes to old problems.

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I meet a lot of people with my BBC Breakfast job who have great businesses.

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There are a lot of women who do a similar job to me who are paid a hell of a lot more... who are a lot posher than me.

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The most rewarding, insightful and challenging year of my life was my 'Year in Industry' working as a trainee engineer at Black & Decker, which involved studying part time at college.

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