Bradley Wiggins: What disappointment has stayed with you longest? — FLAPSS

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What disappointment has stayed with you longest?

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Bradley Wiggins

British former professional road and track racing cyclist

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Never going back to the Tour de France and trying to win again.

The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 21 September 2019 source ↗

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Jonnie Peacock British athlete

I try not to have disappointments, because a lot of the bad things that happen in life teach you things.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 27 January 2018 source ↗

Joan Jett American singer, songwriter and guitarist

That my baseball team, Baltimore Orioles, is always in the basement.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 14 November 2020 source ↗

Neneh Cherry Swedish singer

Politics, friends and lovers.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 14 June 2014 source ↗

Not going to the World Cup in 1986 and not going to the World Cup in 1998.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 16 November 2024 source ↗

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Question What is the worst job you have ever had? Craft & work

I’ve never had a job.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 21 September 2019 source ↗

Question Excluding property, what is the most expensive thing you have ever bought? Money & investment

I bought a pink leader’s jersey from the 1953 Tour of Italy which belonged to Swiss rider Hugo Koblet. I spent £45,000.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 21 September 2019 source ↗

Question What one change would most improve the quality of your daily life? Daily life

This isn’t a complaint, but obscurity would be nice. You can’t have a bad day in public because everyone’s got phones.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 21 September 2019 source ↗

Question How close have you come to dying? Death & what remains

I had quite a chequered childhood. I had a knife put to my throat once when I was a kid, which was very scary.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 21 September 2019 source ↗

Question How would you want people to remember you? Death & what remains

As an honest person who did his best.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 21 September 2019 source ↗

Question What period or moment in your life brought you the most joy? Time & hindsight

When my second child Bella was born in 2006. I missed my son Ben being born because I was racing, so seeing it for the first time was quite an experience.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 21 September 2019 source ↗

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