INT:  Good day to you, Mr. Popotnig.  Please introduce yourself briefly to our readers.

INT: What is important to you?
BEI: My family and friends have top priority as far as I’m concerned.

INT: How would you describe your hobbies?
BEI: All possible forms of sport, in particular volleyball and football, and then, of course, all the things that you can do with friends: Walking, going to the cinema, and playing things like parlor games.

INT: What would your motto for life be?
BEI: Do you need a motto to get through life? I think you can get by without one, and you wouldn’t always be able to stick to it anyway.

INT: What are your aims in life, Mr. Popotnig?
BEI: Being happy with my family is the most important aim of all.

INT: You would never like to be without…?
BEI: Sport. I can’t simply sit around. I just have to keep moving.

INT: You would never forgive ....?
BEI: I believe that you can forgive anything, it just takes a different amount of time.

INT: Your greatest wish is …?
BEI: I have a lot of small wishes but no big ones, and I’m always trying to fulfill them.

INT: One day you would like to change places with…?
BEI: Nobody. I am very contended with my life.

INT: As the best way to start the day, you need…?
BEI: Only a breath of fresh air. Then the day can begin.

INT: You get worked up about…?
BEI: Dawdlers and people who drive in the middle lane on the motorway.

INT: What is really typically you…?
BEI: That I try anything at least once.

INT: Thank you for the interview!
BEI: And thank you.

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