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What fills you with the most pride?

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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.

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Yaya Touré

Ivorian former footballer; Barcelona, Manchester City and Ivory Coast midfielder, now a coach

Recorded said elsewhere, not written here
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.

BBC Sport interview, published as a Q&A transcript, 20 December 2025 source ↗

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Jean Tirole Economist; Nobel laureate in economic sciences for the analysis of market power and regulation
Well, I’m very proud, this is true, I mean. But, you know, it’s also being with the right people, in the right place, at the right moment. And, you know, it’s a team work too.
Recorded Adam Smith, Telephone interview following the announcement of the 2014 Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences, The Nobel Prize, 13 October 2014 source ↗
Mario Molina Atmospheric chemist; Nobel laureate in Chemistry, 1995
proud of recognizing that as a scientist, it was not only important to do research and find new things. I also felt a responsibility to apply them for the benefit of society.
Recorded C&EN profile interview after the Presidential Medal of Freedom, vol. 91 no. 49, Chemical & Engineering News, 9 December 2013 source ↗
Barack Obama 44th President of the United States, 2009–2017; United States Senator from Illinois 2005–2008
What makes me proudest about them is that they also don't get cynical about it. They have not assumed because their side didn't win, or because some of the values that they care about don't seem as if they were vindicated, that automatically America has somehow rejected them or rejected their values.
Recorded Christi Parsons, James S. Brady Press Briefing Room, the White House, The White House (Obama administration archive), 18 January 2017 source ↗
Pelé Brazilian footballer; three-time World Cup winner
At that time nobody had Brazil on the map and suddenly Brazil became a huge football nation. I was very proud because I made Brazil well known all over the world.
Recorded The Talks interview, 7 August 2013 source ↗

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