Steffi Graf: When were you happiest?

Originally asked

The Guardian, to a different person each week, The Q&A

Asked in 52 of the 131 consecutive instalments of The Guardian's The Q&A harvested on 2026-08-29.

You answer as yourself. Nobody on FLAPSS answers as anybody else.

Recorded Steffi Graf said elsewhere, not written here

My happiness lives in the present. It's my life this morning, this evening, with Andre, my kids.

The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 22 June 2013 source ↗

Others on this question

Anywhere with her, while she lived.

Recorded Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, October 2012 source ↗

Sofia Coppola American filmmaker and actress

Driving my convertible over the Bay Bridge when I was 18, listening to Thinking of You by Sister Sledge.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 18 March 2023 source ↗

Ian Wright English footballer and pundit

1990 FA Cup final, playing for Crystal Palace.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 13 July 2019 source ↗

Richard Hawley English musician

I've often reached the dizzying heights of ecstasy holding a pint of frothy seasonal ale in Fagan's pub, chatting away with Tom the landlord.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 26 February 2011 source ↗

He said it was guacamole. It was wasabi.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 22 June 2013 source ↗

Andre, the kids, my foundation and sometimes the dogs.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 22 June 2013 source ↗

A pause button. If I could be watching my kids enjoy something, and hit pause to make it last.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 22 June 2013 source ↗

The man I know the best: Andre.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 22 June 2013 source ↗

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