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How would you describe what love feels like to you?

213 answers answered between 2008 and 2026 one of 25 in The Q&A

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Simone Biles United States artistic gymnast
When you put others before yourself, and you’d do anything for them.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 25 February 2017 source ↗
Johanna Konta British tennis player
Like when you get the giggles in a room full of people where you should be quiet.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 30 June 2018 source ↗
Andy Murray British professional tennis player, 2005–2024
I am happy to sit in silence with my wife and I think that is a good sign – we are just happy being in each other’s company.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 6 July 2019 source ↗
Paul Merson English footballer and pundit
For me, love is working through things when it’s not going well.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 14 January 2023 source ↗
Ronnie O'Sullivan English snooker player
It makes you feel like you want to live.What is the worst job you’ve ever done? Doing the audiobook of the first book. It was hard. I couldn’t do that again.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 13 May 2023 source ↗
Yogi Berra Baseball catcher and manager; ten-time World Series winner with the New York Yankees
Love is the most important thing in the world, but baseball is pretty good too.
Recorded Blissquote, Interview, Blissquote, 13 January 2026 source ↗

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