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INTERVIEWER: Gemma, how do you feel about sport?

GEMMA: I’m not interested in sport. I really don’t like it. I mean, I like exercise so I go for walks and I like swimming, oh I run a lot too, that’s great – but I just don’t like sport, you know, the idea where you try to win, to beat other people. And I hate sport on TV – I leave the room! And I don’t go to sports events like football matches – why do people pay so much money to watch 22 men run after a ball?

INTERVIEWER: Andy, how do you feel about sport?

ANDY: Well, I like running a lot. At school I play football but that’s because I have to, all the boys play football, and it’s OK, I mean I don’t hate it, but I don’t really like team games and sports very much. I like doing things alone and I think that’s why I love running, it’s just me and not other people. I’m not a very good runner but I just love trying to run a little faster than the last time, d’you know what I mean?

INTERVIEWER: Tracey, how do you feel about sport?

TRACEY: Well, I absolutely love skateboarding, of course! It’s just the best thing in the world. Some of my family say it isn’t really a sport but they don’t know anything. I spend hours practising moves. There’s a skate-park with a really good ramp, it’s not far from where I live. I’m there all the time. It’s the only sport I like really. I mean, I kind of like football but really that’s only because some of my friends are into it. But skateboarding, that’s my thing.

INTERVIEWER: Paul, how do you feel about sport?

PAUL: When I was a kid I didn’t like any sports at all. I thought: ‘I’m just not good at things like running and jumping’ but about a year ago I saw some gymnastics on TV and now I love it. There’s a sports centre in my town where I can do gymnastics. I can’t do it at school because they haven’t got anywhere, but I go to the sports centre every weekend and some evenings too, to do as much gymnastics as I can.

INTERVIEWER: Ryan, how do you feel about sport?

RYAN: Sport? Wonderful! I’m a real sports fanatic. I mean, I think about sport all the time. I watch almost everything on TV – football, tennis, swimming, everything. And I do a lot of sport too – my favourite’s football of course and I’m really not bad at football, I’m in the school team too. And I’m also learning to ski. My family went to Italy last year. We went skiing – it was fantastic and I want to do more.