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A temp job at BT. I still have nightmares about ADSL lines. I still don’t know what one is. I would find myself on national conference calls being questioned about ADSL lines and told that the problem was in London. I would try not to breathe so they would forget I was there.
Doing the bins while working for McDonald’s in west Ealing.
Fixing a municipal sewer pipe.
Working in farming in Somerset at 18, there were elements that were awful, and they were all really edifying. I mean, feeding chickens in sleet was hard work but I am so glad I did it.
Stephen Hawking: what he does is incredible. My nan died of motor neurone disease, which he has.
I’m proud of my achievements at the Olympics. But I prepare in exactly the same way for every race.
A Rolex, after London 2012.
On my wedding day.
I would have spent every single day with my sister before she left to live in New Zealand. At my wedding, it was the first time I had seen her in two and a half years.
Mo Farah, Chris Hoy, Victoria Pendleton, Chris Bonington, Bradley Wiggins, Kevin Pietersen
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