Yogi Berra
Baseball catcher and manager; ten-time World Series winner with the New York Yankees
To relax without being bothered.
Identity & self
What is your idea of perfect happiness?
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Rafael Nadal
Spanish professional tennis player, 2001–2024
Playing tennis, competing, winning, but also being at home in Spain, in Majorca, with my friends and family.
Being surrounded by friends and family.
Making a gourmet dinner with my husband, Tom, then just hanging out with our four children, their spouses, and our delightful grandchildren.
Pelé
Brazilian footballer; three-time World Cup winner
I like to spend time with my family, and also relax at my beach house or on my farm.
Megan Rapinoe
United States international footballer, 2006–2023
“Until we are all free, we are none of us free.” —Emma Lazarus. Perfect happiness exists only in my imagination at the moment.
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
Basketball player and author
Being surrounded by my friends and family. Just listening to them interacting, laughing, sharing. It is the culmination of everything I could have hoped for.
Cooking dinner and hanging out with my kids.
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