| 20 Questions With Aaron |
| Aaron Peirsol has big plans. He took a break to talk to special correspondent Bob Schaller about cars, books, his sister Hayler and an embarassing encounter with the police he went through as a child for this weeks 20 Questions Tuesday. |
| 1. What is your dream car? Aaron- A CL55 AMG- It's a Mercedes. 2. We're watching you on the big screen, what's the role? Aaron- James Bond. It seems like he's cool. Something else cool would be Braveheart - or a role like that. 3. Your little sister, Hayley, has quite a following. What's a sport or activity she's beaten you at? Aaron- Easy question! My parents-- she has a hand over on that. She just does, and I could explain it if you asked me to. But she does. 4. What's chasing you in the woods, a tiger or bear? Aaron- Can I pick neither? One or the other, choose? (pause)... I guess a tiger, because it's cool looking. But either way, face it - your done. 5. What's the last book you read? Aaron- The Godfather. It was a great book, awesome. 6. How many kids will you have after you get married? Aaron- Three, I guess. Between three and 20. How's that? 7. What gets you to the pool when you just don't feel it happening? Aaron- Knowing the guys will be there, too, going through same thing I'm facing. 8. Is that part of what makes this particular moment of time at the University of Texas so special? Aaron- Yes, and it really is true - this is a special time down here. It's a common bond, an understanding that everyone else understands waht the motivation and goals are. Having everyone at the same level really helps all of us. 9. What sport, besides swimming, would you be a pro in if you had a choice? Aaron- Probably surfing. I love the sport, love to travel the world, love to go to cool places. 10. Aaron Peirsol is put in charage of deciding where the Olympics are to be held at some date in the future. Where would that be? Aaron- Where could we have it? Geeze, let me thing... I loved Australia, so I'd have it there again. There's just nothing wrong with Australia. 11. Where would you live if you could pick anywhere? Aaron- I'd probably live in Tahiti. The areas around there are great. So even if it were just for a couple of years, that's what I'd go with. I'd go surfing all the time, and just hang out. 12. What is your favorite area of study in school? Aaron- Biology. It is just fascinating. Put down Physics, too, for me. I love physics. I just love to know how things work and why. 13. What's your favorite non-swimming website that you frequent? Aaron- Surfline.com. Its a cool site. 14. Based on what you've learned at Texas, and having a younger sister in the sport, you seem like a candidate to be a coach someday. Do you see that happening? Aaron- Probably not. I don't know. It depends on a lot of things. I've always told myself probably not, because when I leave the sport, I'll leave it for good. So, the answer would be no, unless it was an absolutely perfect situation. 15. You seem awfully innocent. I'm assuming trouble doesn't find you often. Anything you can present to disprove that? Aaron- (Laughs) How (Pauses again, and laughs) innocent do you want it to be? When we were young, really little - Hayley called teh cops when she and I were having a disagreement. She was 5, and I was 7. She was crazy. I still remember to this day. The police actually showed up at our house over this disagreemtn between brother and sister. 16. Where are you at the age 40? Aaron- Where? I don't know, probably somewhere close to the beach. Hopefully, I'm happy. That's what's most important - and that I am close to family and friends, and have a good job. 17. Who is your favorite pro athlete that you'd like to meet? Aaron- Rob Michada, he's a surfer in southern California. He's really good. 18. When are your buddies on the University of Texas football team going to win it all? They seem overdue. Aaron- Hopefully sooner rather then later. They need to win it pretty soon. Things need to be right, though. But they do have a lot of talen on that team. Still, big games seem a little harder for them than the others. 19. What's your favorite candy bar? Aaron- I can never choose on stuff like that. I mean, seriously, I take 10 minutes to choose a candy bar in a store. Maybe a Butterfinger. 20. What's your favorite magazines to read? Aaron- I'd probably pick a sailing one, or one about yachts - maybe one about surfing. I have a friend whom I talk to, and we share this common goal, of wanting to get this really sweet yacht and travel the world. So we look online or in magazines at yachts. |
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| Reuters- David Gray |
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