Chris Harrison Biography

Fast Facts

• Attended Oklahoma City University on a soccer scholarship
• Worked as a sportscaster for KWTV in Oklahoma City from 1993 to 1999
• Quote: "Love is as much of a competition as anything․ If you don't think so, you're either losing the game or you're not playing․"
• Quote: "[on his early career] "What most people don't know is that this goes back to my true passion - live TV․ I started there as a local sportscaster in Oklahoma City and that will always be my love․ It's kind of what I live for․""
• Quote: "[on "The Bachelor" and "The Bachelorette"] "I think we have helped men and women kind of get to know each other and break down that wall where we never used to communicate․ Things that needed to be said and no one ever really wanted to talk about․""
• Best known as the host of the reality TV series "The Bachelor," "The Bachelorette" and "Bachelor Pad․"