Sam Quek feels "a lot of responsibility" as 'Question of Sport's first female team captain.
Sam Quek
The former hockey player will be taking on rugby ace Ugo Monye in the revamped version of the sporting panel show - which will be hosted by Paddy McGuinness - and she admitted she's feeling some "pressure" about her new gig, but is more excited than nervous.
She said: "I was absolutely buzzing, just gobsmacked because the talks have been going on for quite a while but then I'm a firm believer it's not sealed until its signed on the dotted line.
"Just proud and also I'm aware being the first female captain has a lot of responsibility, little bit of pressure of ultimately a lot of excitement."
Sam has a long list of dream guests she'd like to join her team one day but was in awe of those who she sat with for the new series.
She told MailOnline: "I'm a massive Liverpool fan, but it's such a huge show the majority of people we've had on are proper sporting royalty, Chris Hoy, one of the most successful Olympics is such a nice guy, and so knowledgeable.
"I'd love Serena Williams for me is the ultimate athlete and I'm a massive fan of NFL so a Tom Brady, Patrick Mahomes to get them on there as well.
"Robbie Fowler, Steve McManaman, when I was younger and used to play football in the garden, my brother was Robbie and I was Steve. I never think I'd be in this position to meet people on this journey.
"Playing golf with Robbie, when I used to work on LFC TV, just a casual chat with Steve, Michael Owen, these were the people who had posters on my wall growing up."
And Ugo was equally delighted with the stars who competed on his team, which for the first time includes faces not from the world of sport.
He said: "It's nuts because a lot of the guests we've had on this series I've never met before, and now I've worked with them you know who they are and appreciate all they've achieved.
"I've been fortunate enough to have some team guests where I'm like ''you'd be the perfect person'' but also we've had some non-sporting people on this as well, like Anton Du Beke who by the way is one of the most knowledgeable people about sports and their eras of sports in my whole life and that new era just adds so much.
"Sports should be available to everyone, it can't just be a gameshow for elite sports, we'd love to captivate absolutely everyone, who wants to have a bit of fun, we've been on Zoom for 18 months and everyone has done a sports quiz at some point, everyone!
"If I had a wishlist, The Rock he;d be class wouldn't he? I'd love Ian Wright on it because I grew up wanting to play for Arsenal, Alison Felix, I think she's phenomenal."
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