The question
What accomplishment matters most to you?Originally asked
The Guardian, to a different person each week, The Q&A
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Football player of the year 4th XI 2002.
The Q&A, The Guardian, 21 February 2026 source ↗
To be getting paid for doing something I love.
Being delusional and dreaming big.
I was the subject of a Celeb cartoon in Private Eye. I’ve a copy hanging in the downstairs toilet.
The double marathon on the last day of my 27 marathons in 27 days.
Rolling a quad bike.
Infinity. I can’t get my head round it.
One of the first TV appearances that our band made in America, on the Craig Ferguson show. I forgot the lyrics to Little Lion Man and then broke two strings.
Sickeningly, it’s probably my wife, because she’s a legend.
Trying quite hard.
Not having my injuries: shoulders, knees and ankles. I did a lot of contact sports as a kid.
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