It is really important that we get more women doing exercise and being active, and those that have taken up boxing or boxing training will definitely find that it has a really positive impact on their health, fitness and well-being. Nicola Adams Read Quote
My family and friends are the only people I pay mind to. It’s none of my business what anyone else thinks. I don’t even know them, so why should I care? Nicola Adams Read Quote
You can have someone younger, faster, but if you have got that experience and that ring craft, you can do anything in that ring. Nicola Adams Read Quote
When The Queen invited the Olympians to the Palace, I was first in line to speak to her. She said she watched the Games and how happy she was, how impressed she was with the boxing. She told me she’d watched my fight and enjoyed it. I didn’t realise the effect I’d had on the whole country. Nicola Adams Read Quote
I’m good at clearing things out. If I haven’t worn something for a while, I’ll give it away to charity. Nicola Adams Read Quote
If I’ve got an event coming up, I might buy myself a new suit. I prefer wearing suits to dresses – I reckon I’ve got about 15. Nicola Adams Read Quote
I train for at least two hours, three times a day – weights, bench-press, push-ups, running, sparring, boxing sessions – so I must be burning off a lot of calories. But I don’t weigh myself too often – just once every day. Nicola Adams Read Quote
As a kid, I was always picky about food; if it didn’t ‘look right,’ I wouldn’t eat it. Nicola Adams Read Quote
At the 2012 Olympics, there was a nutritionist in the food hall telling us, ‘Eat that. And eat that.’ After winning my gold, I went to McDonald’s for chicken nuggets and a strawberry milkshake, but that was just for the hell of it. I don’t feel hungry after a match, to be honest. Nicola Adams Read Quote
