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 ↗
Barack Obama, because he believed he could be president of the United States, and he succeeded. He was kind, and he tried to set a high standard of leadership.
King Charles III, because he’s working hard to save our planet.
My dad, because he is full of integrity and good humour; and my grandad, because he's full of the same.
Bill Drummond, Thomas Bangalter and Jay-Z.
Plenty of matches got away, but there’s nothing I can do about it, so why worry?
As a guy who had fun.
I always wanted to play tennis. Otherwise, I always thought it would be fun to do something in mathematics or physics.
I am not thinking about dying yet.
Andy Roddick, Joe Wicks, Chris Hoy, Max Whitlock, Lleyton Hewitt, Rafael Nadal
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