The question
Who alive today do you admire most, and what draws you to them?Originally asked
The Guardian, to a different person each week, The Q&A
The Guardian's Q&A repeatedly uses this prompt, sometimes dropping 'living' while retaining the same comparative judgment.
You answer as yourself. Nobody on FLAPSS answers as anybody else.
People who have done really well in their sports: in tennis, Steffi Graf; in ice hockey, Wayne Gretzky.
The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 15 July 2017 source ↗
Anyone who is risking their life to cross a body of water with their family to escape war.
Bill Clinton, I think he was a great president (who cares about his indiscretions?).
I am in my ninth decade, so most people I have admired are no longer alive.
Alanis Morissette because, in my earlier career, she was a big influence on me and had a feistiness that you didn’t see much of in women in the industry. Also, she has been very vocal about mental health issues.
I always wanted to play tennis. Otherwise, I always thought it would be fun to do something in mathematics or physics.
As a guy who had fun.
I am not thinking about dying yet.
Plenty of matches got away, but there’s nothing I can do about it, so why worry?
Andy Roddick, Joe Wicks, Chris Hoy, Max Whitlock, Lleyton Hewitt, Rafael Nadal
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