Irish professional boxer; Olympic champion 2012
There are days when I wake up and don't want to move, but you must show up!
Recorded · RTÉ · 2025
In their thirties
Old enough to have a view and young enough to still be arguing for it. A great deal of the working advice on this site was given at this age.
31 people · 70 answers
When you feel overwhelmed or unfocused, what do you do?
Spanish professional tennis player, 2001–2024
Sometimes when I'm in the first round or second round, and I'm not playing well, I say, okay, just accept it. Don't get frustrated. Just accept and focus.
Recorded · CBS News / 60 Minutes · 2020
Kenyan marathon runner
You run, eat, sleep, walk around - that's how life is. You don't get complicated. The moment you get complicated it distracts your mind.
Recorded · BBC Sport · 2019
What is something everyone in your world agrees about that you think is wrong?
United States international footballer, 2006–2023
I can understand if you think that I'm disrespecting the flag by kneeling, but it is because of my utmost respect for the flag and the promise it represents that I have chosen to…
Recorded · The Players' Tribune · 2016
Graphic novelist, cartoonist and film director
Unfortunately. And it’s mostly a made-up story. It was incredible to see how it was created here. All over the news: Muslim rage or whatever. The rioting was not about being Muslim.
Recorded · The Believer, Issue 36 · 2006
Comedian, television presenter and artist
Brummies have adopted the sense that we live in a shit-hole, but in terms of green space, culture and community, it’s unrivalled.
Recorded · The Observer / The Guardian · 2024
India Test and one-day international cricketer, 1996–2012; later India head coach
One of the biggest challenges that the game must respond to today, I believe, is charting out a clear road map for the three formats.
Recorded · ESPNcricinfo · 2011
United States sprinter, 2003–2022
If we have children, we risk pay cuts from our sponsors during pregnancy and afterward. It's one example of a sports industry where the rules are still mostly made for and by men.
Recorded · The New York Times · 2019
Which book changed the way you think, and what did it change?
Co-founder of Reddit; founder of Seven Seven Six
That really crystallized for me what some really passionate founders who could write some code could do to change things, and this gave me the confidence to say, “You know what?
Recorded · The Tim Ferriss Show · 2020
Rock climber; first person to free solo El Capitan
some of the most noteworthy books I’ve read I guess, like A People’s History of the US, the Howard Zinn book totally changed the way I look at politics.
Recorded · The Tim Ferriss Show · 2018
Comedian and writer; co-creator of 2 Broke Girls
I believe that I had something called epigenetic imprinting, which I actually read about in a book called The Female Brain by Louann Brizendine.
Recorded · The Tim Ferriss Show · 2018
Everyone here · A–Z
Abby Wambach, Adam Peaty, Alex Honnold, Alexis Ohanian, Allyson Felix, Andy Murray, Brian Chesky, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Chris Hoy, Dan Carter, Daniel Ek, Drew Houston, Eliud Kipchoge, Jerrod Carmichael, Joe Lycett, Katie Taylor, Kobe Bryant, Lewis Hamilton, Li Na, Marjane Satrapi, Martin Luther King Jr., Maryam Mirzakhani, Megan Rapinoe, Michael Phelps, Rafael Nadal, Rahul Dravid, Siya Kolisi, Susan Butcher, Terence Tao, Whitney Cummings, Zadie Smith