So, I suppose it's safe to say I love this game? (After two days- oh my.) Anyway. This is Jeanne, here with Flying Coach & Quidditch Head/Referee Rolanda Hooch. (Other Professors or those who would call her by her first name, call her Ro. She doesn't really use her full name. Students, of course, call her Madam Hooch.)
As is to be expected, to say she likes quidditch would be a horrible understatement. Once upon a time she played for the Kenmare Kestrels, where she had the dubious reputation of a raucous party girl. After an injury in the 1970 World Cup tournament, however, she was "grounded" for several months and dropped from her team. Though she never thought to be a teacher, she took the position at Hogwarts as a second chance to fly again. (She started in 1971, so if I have my math right, sixth years- she taught you to fly!)
First years are pretty much the bane of her existance, but once the kids know what they're doing and can actually hold their own on a broom, she doesn't mind them so much. She doesn't always buy into the whole "professors as role-models" thing- she'd probably be more likely to offer a student firewhiskey if they were having a bad day. ;)