The question

What did you want to be when you were growing up?

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.

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Brendan Rodgers

Northern Irish football manager; former manager of Liverpool, Leicester City and Celtic

Recorded said elsewhere, not written here
I always enjoy talking with players to find out what they want to achieve because each individual is different. I think once you understand what their objectives are and what they want to achieve, you are looking to find that commitment from them.

Adam Bate, Sky Sports, 31 January 2021 source ↗

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Alexis Ohanian Co-founder of Reddit; founder of Seven Seven Six
Because there, between those syrupy bites of waffles, you're gonna realize that you're meant to be an entrepreneur, not a lawyer.
Recorded Note to Self, CBS News, 20 March 2019 source ↗
Bob Woodward Investigative reporter and author; associate editor of The Washington Post
I studied history and English at Yale, which I attended on an NROTC (Naval Reserve Officer Training Corps) scholarship. After college I served in the Navy five years.
Recorded N/A, N/A, Bob Woodward's Official Website, 1 June 2024 source ↗
Joss Stone English singer, songwriter, and actress
A veterinarian, but I decided against it because it required too many years of schooling; I wasn’t great at school.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 24 April 2021 source ↗

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