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NFL broadcaster Taylor Rooks, one of the faces of Amazon Prime's coverage, has opened up on her meteoric rise in the sports industry.
The 31-year-old Rooks is well known as a respected face of NFL and NBA coverage across the US and now, in an interview with the New York Post, she has opened up on what it took to get there.
'I'm so proud of everything I've accomplished. There's always going to be people that are naysayers [and] people that doubt you,' she said.
'I'm 31 now. This career has not been a fluke. This career has been incredibly thought out. It has been worked incredibly hard for.'
Rooks studied broadcast journalism at the University of Illinois and has worked for an array of big-name broadcasters, including SNY and TNT.
Taylor Rooks has opened up on her rise to being the face of Amazon Prime's NFL coverage
The 31-year-old Rooks says her career is no accident: 'It has been worked incredibly hard for'
Her message to aspiring reporters who want to follow her path was clear - especially to young women who may view her as a role model.
'I'm not saying that in a weird way. I feel like everyone should say this, I genuinely love myself, and I don't think that we say that enough about ourselves. I really love myself,' Rooks explained.
'Knowing everything I have done and everything I am capable of even people that have whatever to say, it can't mean anything because the proof is in the pudding,' she said.
'I genuinely believe this when I say I think women should say that they're good at things more than they do because men say they're good at things all the time.
'Sometimes you feel like you have to put a disclaimer on saying like, 'Oh, no, I'm really good at the job.' … because you think saying the truth about your work means that you're being cocky or too into yourself.
'Meanwhile, Jimmy Butler can say 'I'm the best basketball player in the world and LeBron James can call himself 'king.''
Rooks will next be featuring on Amazon Prime's coverage this coming Thursday with the Seattle Seahawks at Dallas Cowboys.
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