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.
United States professional tennis player, 1995–2022
My mom and dad. They always encouraged me to keep spiritual things first.
The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 30 January 2021 source ↗
I’m defined as a very strong woman. I don’t identify myself with a specific figure, but I do greatly admire people who manage to persevere with humility through great difficulties.
I'm a great admirer of Tony Benn -he's one of the few politicians who speaks his mind.
My dear friend Eve Plotkin, supervising attorney at the N.Y. Legal Aid Society, head of the Family Law Unit for 25 years.
President Zelenskyy.
I love to entertain. I'm not sure every player sees it that way, but I love the performance aspect of it—to be able to entertain people week after week. Some of the happiest times in my life were spent waiting in that hallway in Melbourne, and walking out into Rod Laver Arena with my earphones in and trying to stay focused and drown out the noise but still feeling the energy of the crowd.
Taking time every day to read the Bible.
I don’t think about my greatest fear.
A veterinarian.
But these days, if I have to choose between building my tennis résumé and building my family, I choose the latter.
Any lost match is, of course, disappointing, but every loss is a lesson to be learned.
Chris Hoy, Vinnie Jones, David Haye, Johanna Konta, Sebastian Coe, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
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