Sideline reporter and SEC Network host, Laura Rutledge, didn't get to where she is without this one lesson. Work hard, but don’t be too hard on yourself. Rutledge's journey began when she wanted to make some extra cash to pay for her college tuition. She worked at a radio station on campus which made six dollars an hour and was chosen to cover sports.
Knowing she liked sports, she didn’t know if she could talk about it on air. Rutledge learned she loved covering sports but knew there was going to be a few challenges getting into the industry.
“What's been a challenge ….. has just been balancing all the different types of topics. Everything from the NBA to college football, college basketball, to softball…. I love that part of it, and embrace that challenge, but it's difficult at times…..”
Rutledge said the main thing that helped her succeed was repetition. Watching broadcasts and other sideline reporters, getting reps and filming her own videos, she learned that being a sideline reporter, couldn’t just be taught.
Rutledge’s biggest lesson is to not put too much pressure on yourself. To have success in this business she said, you should put some pressure on yourself. Rutledge’s advice was to take a deep breath and be okay with knowing that you still need to learn. The timing of the success you will have, will all happen when it’s supposed to.
Rutledge says, “It is okay to have failures, and you will, it’s inevitable, and I hate failure more than anything in the world, but I sure have had my fair share of it, and I’m going to have more of it…you’re just going to make mistakes, and you’re just going to have to get over it and learn pass it… you have to know it’s going to be okay.”
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