Cari Champion

thumb Cari Champion (born June 1, 1975) is an American broadcast journalist and television personality. Quotes When I was a junior or senior in high school, I knew [journalism] was what I wanted to do and that I was going to pursue it because I wanted to be class president. I started running my campaign, and my mother was telling me about what it meant and the responsibility. I knew [it meant] galvanizing the troops. [The class] was trying to determine where we were going to have our prom. The establishment and administrators were suggesting we do it their way and we, as the students, wanted to do it our way. I knew I wanted to have a voice, help people who couldn’t be heard or couldn’t necessarily vocalize what they wanted. My dream and goals were always just to be a local news reporter. I would envision [myself] making a difference and I loved telling stories. The two just worked perfectly well for me. It would have to be my mother. She’s one of the most amazing women I’ve ever met. She’s always said, ‘Do whatever you want to do. It doesn’t matter. You can always overcome the struggle.’ She has given me a good belief in self that helps me push forward even when things are very difficult. I hope that I can do that for others. I take a lot of people under my wing, invest in them and give them words of encouragement because sometimes it’s hard to see what’s next or the accomplishment in what you already have. When I think of someone who’s a boss, I think of a person who is extremely powerful but doesn’t have to say it. They’re a leader but don’t have to show it. They’re completely comfortable in their skin. Herm Edwards would say, ‘When emotions were at a high [in a team huddle], I would purposely speak softly.’ A boss is someone who leads with a gentle hand by example. Ladies First: ESPN’s Cari Champion On Taking Charge In A Male-Dominated Industry;By ADELLE PLATON on March 9, 2015 I knew when I was 7 years old this is what I wanted to do. I didn’t vocalize it that way. I grew up in West L.A. and a group of us kids decided to clean up our neighborhood. We just grabbed brooms, and started cleaning because we thought it’d be a good project and we had no idea what we were doing. Summertime, nothing to do, we were not involved in activities, so we were just cleaning. So I at that moment was like, I want to tell stories. I want to be a part of something good. Whatever that feeling was I got from watching myself on television and watching the good that came, the good publicity as I know now, I wanted to do that. It’s just the hunger, because you feel you have a message. You don’t know why you have a message, you don’t know why you were chosen, and you don’t know what it is. The point of the matter is, I can relate to it and I feel it. I honestly feel like what we do as journalists, hairstylists, producers, rappers, anybody, it’s an art. I appreciate his art and what he’s saying. I’m like, I get it, I understand. Cari Champion Joins SportsCenter! [INTERVIEW];By CHRISTOPHER HARRIS on JULY 31, 2015 External links Category:Women journalists from the United States Category:Television personalities Category:Living people Category:1975 births Category:African Americans Category:Women born in the 1970s