Bradley Wiggins: How would you describe what love feels like to you? — FLAPSS

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How would you describe what love feels like to you?

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Bradley Wiggins

British former professional road and track racing cyclist

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Loss of control.

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

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Safety or alarm, I can never decide which.

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A blurred, warm state of total acceptance and joy.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 27 March 2021 source ↗

Michael Ball English singer, presenter and actor

The best of times, the worst of times.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 20 May 2023 source ↗

John Waters American filmmaker

A wonderful, terribly exciting disease.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 13 September 2008 source ↗

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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 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 disappointment has stayed with you longest? Failure & regret

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

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