In the last five years, what have you become better at saying no to?
Recorded Roddy Doyle said elsewhere, not written here
Do restrict your browsing to a few websites a day. Don’t go near the online bookies – unless it’s research. […] Do not search amazon.co.uk for the book you haven’t written yet.

The Guardian Review, 20 February 2010 source ↗

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Adam Peaty British swimmer; Olympic champion 2016 and 2021
I'm tired, I'm not myself and I'm not enjoying the sport as I have done for the last decade. Some might recognise it as burnout; I just know that over the last few years I haven't had the answers.
Recorded Public statement announcing his break from swimming, April 2023, The Independent, 1 July 2023 source ↗
Simone Biles United States artistic gymnast
I just felt like it would be a little bit better to take a back seat, work on my mindfulness. And I knew that the girls would do an absolutely great job and I didn't want to risk the team a medal for kind of my screw ups because they've worked way too hard for that. So I just decided that those girls need to go in and do the rest of the competition.
Recorded Post-competition press conference, Ariake Gymnastics Centre, Tokyo Olympics, Rev, 27 July 2021 source ↗
Peter Doherty Veterinary surgeon and immunologist; Nobel laureate in Physiology or Medicine, 1996
On returning to Brisbane, I realised fairly quickly that I am an experimentalist at heart. A career as a diagnostic virologist was not for me!
Recorded Laureate-written autobiography for Les Prix Nobel, Nobel Prize Outreach, 1 December 1996 source ↗
Ory Okolloh Co-founder of Ushahidi; lawyer and open-government activist
I am personally passionate and anal about non-negotiables. If those needs aren't met, I quit. Life is too short to play-act if you don't have to.
Recorded Quartz written questionnaire source ↗

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