Skip to content

The question

What fills you with the most pride?

Originally asked

Vogue, to one guest at a time, on camera, 73 Questions

Vogue's 73 Questions repeatedly asks respondents to select the work, relationship, or achievement that makes them proudest.

You answer as yourself. Nobody on FLAPSS answers as anybody else.

Colin Powell

United States Secretary of State 2001–2005; Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff

Recorded said elsewhere, not written here
Proud that I believe I have the respect of my fellow soldiers. And by soldiers, I mean all the members of the armed forces that I served with. No medal, no nice introduction, no awards could substitute just for the knowledge I have that I’m reasonably well respected by my fellow soldiers. If I didn’t have that, I would have considered this to be a busted career.

Academy of Achievement interview, Jackson Hole, Wyoming, 23 May 1998 source ↗

Others on this question

View all 103 →
Gianluigi Buffon Italian former goalkeeper; Italy's most-capped men's player and a 2006 World Cup winner
The first is the longevity and continuity of my high-level performance. The second is the bond with my teammates, with our chemistry on the pitch, which is one of the most beautiful ways of working and playing together.
Recorded Donald McRae, Interview on his retirement and his book, The Guardian, 22 April 2026 source ↗
Yaya Touré Ivorian former footballer; Barcelona, Manchester City and Ivory Coast midfielder, now a coach
What I'm the most proud of is the opportunity to help City to start the journey to be one of the elite clubs in England now.
Recorded BBC Sport interview, published as a Q&A transcript, 20 December 2025 source ↗
DJ Koze German DJ, record producer and founder of Pampa Records
The proudest moments of my career are when I see my work resonate with others. When someone tells me my music has sparked something in them or helped them navigate a difficult moment, I know I’m doing something meaningful. It’s those genuine connections that make it all worthwhile.
Recorded Billboard's 20 Questions, on the release of Music Can Hear Us, 7 April 2025 source ↗
Ruth Bader Ginsburg Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States, 1993–2020; Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit 1980–1993
I was fortunate to be born at the right time and to be in the right place when the Women’s Movement came alive. So many things were wrong with the way life was ordered in the ’70s. In many states, women didn’t serve on juries, to take just one example, and there were so many jobs that were off limits to women. People began to realize there was something wrong about that, and women should be free to aspire and achieve just as men are. So I had legal education, and I could use that education to help move this movement for change, for allowing women to realize their full potential, help move that along. So it was that ten years of my life that I devoted to litigating cases about — I don’t say women’s rights — I say the constitutional principle of the equal citizenship stature of men and women. I was tremendously fortunate to be able to participate in that movement for change.
Recorded Academy of Achievement interview, Washington, D.C., 14 July 2016 source ↗

More on identity & self

Also answered this

Hanna Tetteh, Zuzana Čaputová, Paul Kagame, James Stockdale, Ralph Nader, Wanjira Mathai

Search the directory for somebody in particular.

Explore further

Report this answer