John Grisham
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Drop 20lb and lower my cholesterol.
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I would love more horses.
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Hayley Squires
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A driving licence.
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Decent arts funding.
If you’d asked me last year, I would have said a knee replacement.
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A vet, but I wasn’t smart enough.
Lots of people, mainly for being so absent from their lives while I was concentrating on sport. I’d also like to say sorry to my dad’s mum, because, aged four, I told her she was the worst cook in the world.
Six weeks in my dad’s office doing admin was enough to persuade me to pursue a career in sport.
Cows in the field next door.
A horse. I have two: Vesperal Dream and According To Sarah.
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