Sports Interviews

Alex Honnold: “I’ve always been afraid of death”

Chris Cole: “Skateboarding had it all”

Ed Viesturs: “Push yourself to another level”

Garry Kasparov: “There’s no more room for bluffs”

Gary Player: “I have no intention of slowing down”

Laird Hamilton: “You should be scared”

LeBron James: “The fame never got to me”

Lindsey Vonn: “Mind over matter”

Mike Tyson: “If I fought Mike Tyson I could beat him”

Pelé: “My father and my mother closed the machine”

Sugar Ray Leonard: “Whatever is needed to win, I will do that”

Tony Hawk: “Finally they figured it out!”
ACHIEVEMENT
- “I think we've all lived through the pandemic and it has awakened in all of us a concept of time, and how fleeting our time is and can be... I want to apply my energy doing good and creating and hopefully not squandering that. That's what I live for.”Adrien BrodyActor
- “I am Valentino. I live in my own world. I love to create clothes, I love beautiful things. If they want to call me an icon, okay, then I am an icon.”ValentinoFashion designer
- “I take everything as seriously as the next thing. I don't differentiate or have a level of commitment based on the kind of project that it is. I believe that there's an equal measure in one role versus another role.”Elijah WoodActor
- “We’re going after it. We’re going after what we believe and what we deserve and we’re not taking the back seat anymore. I see an improvement in the way that we as women are standing together and paving the way for the next generations. It’s time for that.”Alicia KeysMusician
- “If it sounds right, then I’m happy, no matter how I got there. I just want to make beautiful music.”Nils FrahmMusician
- “I think at a certain point, you arrive to a kind of maturity that allows you to swim more freely. And when you touch that state, playing with your unconscious, it's very beautiful when you when you experience that moment.”Ludovico EinaudiMusician
- “The bottom line in the end is to grab the heart of the audience and talk to them directly and tell them: "I share with you my soul and my heart."”Arturo SandovalMusician
- “If I want to make a movie and I can at 62, I will. But I want to leave the ring triumphant. I want this guy, this guy you see right now, I want him to be the guy who makes the movies, not the autumn dude.”Quentin TarantinoFilm director
- “I am very grateful for the films I’ve made. I’ve been able to make movies for $1 million and I’ve been able to make movies for $195 million. I can do what I want in different sizes for different reasons. I have been able to do 10 more movies than I thought I would ever make!”Guillermo del ToroFilm director
- “Every time you hear a piece of music that you’ve written, you remember the joy of it. Even if you don’t remember exactly what the writing process was like, there’s a moment where you hear it and your heart is full. It’s a similar emotion like when you are in love with someone, you feel that internal joy.”Ludovico EinaudiMusician
- “I think that one should make a house that really fits you like your second soul. It should be your most preferred place on earth!”Axel VervoordtCurator
- “You better make every moment count. Live your life now; start in the morning. You mustn’t sit around waiting to die.”Michael CaineActor
- “From the beginning, I wanted to protect the clothes themselves from fashion, and at the same time protect the woman’s body. I wanted people to keep on wearing my clothes for at least 10 years or more.”Yohji YamamotoFashion designer
- “I’m doing something that I love, and I consider that to be success. But if you think it’s gonna come fast or easy, then you probably are in for some rough times. You need to always be ready to throw things out and do it over again, and know that you love the process enough to be doing it repeatedly. Always be in love with the process and in love with your talent. And know that you’re going to keep doing it because it’s what you love doing.”Alan MenkenFilm composer
- “To have those magical moments, the ones that require real trust or bravery or letting go, you’ve really gotta swing for the rafters! You’ve got to try and hit it out the park — although you might miss. You’re always trying to hit it into the rafters, and damn the consequences if you don’t make it.”Chiwetel EjioforActor
- “Architecture is something that you should be inside and absorbed by. It’s something which convinces you by experience more than impresses you by image.”David ChipperfieldArchitect
- “If I pass away one day, I am happy because I tried to do my best. My sport allowed me to do so much.”PeléAthlete
- “I started a very nice career, became quite successful, and at age 40 I won this prize. But when I got that prize, I realized that I hadn’t yet found my own language of cooking. So I got on my knees and gathered all the tools from my childhood and started working very hard on that. And that’s how it started.”Francis MallmannChef
- “I thought for a long time as the business grew, “Is this something I want to do for the rest of my life?” And I knew it was not. When I left Calvin Klein, I had done almost everything I wanted to do in terms of creation of products. And re-doing was less fun.”Calvin KleinFashion designer
- “I think the best you can do for yourself is let your subconscious drive you, instead of doing things because you want to achieve some sort of glory.”Luca GuadagninoFilm director
- “The journey is everything! It’s a cliché, but I have really felt it in my own life, in the 25 or 30 years I’ve been in this… The goal is the process, really enjoying the process.”Matt DamonActor
- “I knew what felt instinctively right for me, and I pursued that throughout my entire career. It’s the way I live; it’s the way I work. Everything that I’ve done and everything that I have is an extension of my personal taste.”Calvin KleinFashion designer
- “I try to look at things more from the perspective that everything is happening for us, not to us. And so whatever challenges that were occurring at the time, perhaps they were happening just so this moment could happen.”Demi MooreActor
- “My work is integrated completely into my life and vice-versa – I’ve been working since I was 16. My work is my life and my life is my work. It made me who I am.”Charlotte RamplingActor
- “You can’t measure something like who is the best chef in the world. Whether I’m the best or not, no one can really say. However, my restaurant elBulli was certainly the most influential restaurant in the world.”Ferran AdriàChef
- “Somehow at the end of the day doing something that actually resonates with people is quite rewarding and keeps me going.”Hans ZimmerFilm composer
- “There is something in leaving this place better than where you have left it, working on yourself, doing things with other people, there is something in that that feels right, deep in your core. I go with that.”Albert Hammond Jr.Musician
- “I think it comes from my desire as a kid to do something artistic that would amaze people, you know? I wanted to do nothing less than that. Those are the projects that I love: figuring out what might just be possible but hasn't been done yet.”James CameronFilm director
- “For the first 20 years in my career all I did was add things; more courses, more silverware, more ingredients, adding, adding, adding. Only like three years ago or so I was able to really start focusing on removing and felt confident to do so. I finally created a dish where for the first time I felt like I achieved what I tried to do for 23 years.”Daniel HummChef
- “I’ve learned not to look at sales reports. I used to, but if I had listened to sales reports at the beginning, I would have given up on things that are some of our biggest successes now.”Rick OwensFashion designer
- “Art is about finding creativity in the normal gutter next to you. To see the potential in something where there is no potential in terms of how society sees it is often where art or creativity is a great tool. It’s about making the impossible possible.”Olafur EliassonArtist
- “I think it’s really important to not be afraid of failure and to push yourself to try things and jump in the cold water.”Juergen TellerPhotographer
- “There’s only one of you in the world. No one else is like you and that's a superpower.”Noomi RapaceActor
- “My goal when I’m in front of an audience is to perform the piece and fill it with meaning. On stage, I concentrate on rationality and empathy, since the singer must feel a certain amount of emotion, but not too much.”Andrea BocelliOpera singer
- “I think the mark of a great song, photo or a painting is something you can remember. It’s kind of that simple. If you work at it, there will be times when the intangible becomes tangible and for a moment… You are a wizard.”Bryan AdamsMusician
- “I feel like the best art comes from a sense of necessity and urgency, like I can't help but talk about this.”Arlo ParksMusician
- “I think it’s just been a long slow burn. I’ve worked fairly consistently, and I’m really grateful — even for the years of not getting so many acting jobs because that means I really appreciate being able to do what I love now.”Olivia ColmanActor
- “People have said that before, “Oh, I'll read a recipe and know it's yours before I see your name on it.” That's the best compliment because I feel like working with food is such an extension of my personality.”Alison RomanChef
- “During my career I was blessed to be able to constantly be motivated and constantly be pushing myself, because otherwise I never would have achieved what I did.”Lindsey VonnAthlete
- “When you keep yourself open, you just might get to know yourself and know the good things about yourself. And that's why I always come back to songwriting. It's the way I kind of try and make sense of my life.”Jarvis CockerMusician
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- Francine Houbenread interview
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- Francis Kéréread interview
- Marion Weiss and Michael Manfrediread interview
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- Joshua Ramusread interview
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