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.
Usain Bolt for his attitude, the amount of confidence he’s got, the way he delivers every time.
The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 8 October 2016 source ↗
Ruth Bader Ginsburg. Maybe if we all admire her hard enough, she’ll live beyond this incredibly disturbing era.
Christopher and Dana Reeve. Robert and Michelle Smithdas—teachers who are both deaf and blind. Oprah Winfrey.
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.
Sickeningly, it’s probably my wife, because she’s a legend.
Standing on the podium in Rio: winning a gold medal for the pommel was 100% the pinnacle of my career.
I would like to be a legend in my sport, like Mo Farah and Chris Hoy.
At the Olympics, after my floor gold medal.
My coach, Scott Hann, for all the stress before competitions.
Stuart Broad, Louis Smith, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Sebastian Coe, Judy Murray, Simone Biles
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