The question
As a child, what career or life did you imagine for yourself?Originally asked
The Guardian, to a different person each week, The Q&A
This is a standing question in The Guardian's decades-long The Q&A and also recurs independently in career and life interviews.
You answer as yourself. Nobody on FLAPSS answers as anybody else.
Baseball catcher and manager; ten-time World Series winner with the New York Yankees
My ambition is to hit .400 and talk 1.000.
Wikiquote, Interview, Wikiquote, 2 November 2026 source ↗
Scotland’s rugby captain. My hero Gavin Hastings was captain when he came to our school for a training session when I was 10 or 11. I met him and was blown away.
I wanted my own ice-cream van and to be a lollipop lady.
I did want to be an actor from an early age although I briefly dabbled with the idea of being a vet until I realised you had to stick your hand up a cow’s arse.
Huckleberry Finn.
I’m very happy about it. You know, a kid from the Hill being elected to the Hall of Fame. Proud of it.
Talking too much.
To relax without being bothered.
Love is the most important thing in the world, but baseball is pretty good too.
Victoria Pendleton, Chris Hoy, Serena Williams, Johanna Konta, Chris Bonington, Kevin Pietersen
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