Question: Do you have to like sports to be a sport scientist?

Jenni Tilley answered on 20 Jun 2011:

Much to my boyfriend’s dismay, no you don’t! I enjoy sport, I prefer to watch live matches, and I certainly don’t read the sports pages. But then maybe I’m an odd sports scientist – I’m more interested in how athletes keep their bodies is such a good condition and what that can teach us about disease and how the body works.

To be honest, I’m actually a materials scientist so I’m not really a sports scientist at all – it’s just that my degree has taught me a lot of things that can be applied to the human body.