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.
Billie Jean King. She’s the reason tennis is such an equal sport in terms of opportunity for women.
The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 12 December 2020 source ↗
Darnella Frazier, the teenager who filmed George Floyd’s murder. It took astonishing courage to stand on the pavement in front of those policemen, and we all owe her so much.
My mother, because she raised all of us. I do have a dad, but in those days dads never helped with the kids.
Oprah – she's achieved so much.
Oprah Winfrey, as Maya Angelou and Tina Turner are no longer with us. These women are Afro-American queens who, despite growing up in the racist south experiencing physical, emotional and sexual abuse, rose to the top of their professions and are an inspiration to women everywhere.
Getting my teeth done. I had veneers and it took 18 months.
On a flight, last February, from Atlanta to Rio. We went through a storm and I was convinced that the plane was going down. The overhead cabins were opening, everything was falling out, people were screaming and I was hanging on to my seat.
That Scottish tennis has failed to capitalise on the successes of Jamie and Andy.
Firm, fair, fun.
When Sean Connery died. He was a big tennis fan – a big Andy fan – and I met him a few times.
When I was 17, I was offered a tennis scholarship at the University of Virginia. I wish I had been brave enough to take it.
Lleyton Hewitt, Andy Roddick, Sebastian Coe, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Louis Smith, Stuart Broad
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