Kim Klement/US PresswireIn the Pro's Questionnaire, our favorite sports figures take our abridged version of the most famous personality test, the Proust Questionnaire. Philadelphia Phillies shortstop Jimmy Rollins is on deck. The three-time All-Star and 2007 National League MVP talks about the importance of health, his new love of Italian food and his desire to S-A-N-G.
Your main fault:
Jimmy Rollins: Cutting it close. Timing. It's always great, but cutting it close.
Your idea of happiness:
JR: Health. Great family. Being able to pay the bills.
Your idea of misery:
JR: Well, the opposite. Not being able to pay the bills. Not having a family. And obviously, not having good health.
If not yourself, who would you want to be?
JR: Oh, wow. We'll come back to that one. A lot of people are popping up and they're all about the same -- they're all great.
Your favorite food:
JR: Definitely changing. It used to be straight soul food. Don't get me wrong I still love it, but I've expanded and taken to Northern Italian food. I love a good osteria.
Your favorite drink:
JR: You know what, I'm simple. I'm an iced tea man. No sugar, just some lemon.
Hero/heroine you admire most:
JR: Jackie Robinson is an automatic hero. Along with him, all the brave men and women that are protecting our country.
What you hate most:
JR: It might sound rude, but just foolishness.
The natural talent you'd like to be gifted with:
JR: The ability to sing. I love music and I'm involved in music. I can harmonize, don't get it wrong, but if I could just get out there and just blow ... just sang. Not sing. S-A-N-G.
Your greatest fear:
JR: Actually being up on a real tall building and looking down. I've watched people jump off buildings, and knowing that, I wonder what could have driven someone to do that and it
freaks me out. I've got to go inside and sit down and catch my breath.
Your greatest extravagance:
JR: Probably my Bentley. We won the World Series and I had the Bentley people bring it by the day of Game 6. I'd been looking at the Bentley Brooklands and I said if we win it, I'm just going to dump all my check in there. I'll be danged if I didn't do it. It was a celebration.
Your present state of mind:
JR: Clear. Happy. Healthy.
