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" I think the more people that feel comfortable in their own skin and feel happy that they can come out and know that it's not going to affect their job or moving up in their career is the way forward. Just making people feel happy and comfortable in their own job and in their sport. "

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" My mum did really well raising me and my brother by herself. I know it was a struggle, and even from a young age, when I was boxing, it was always to make my mother proud. "

Nicola Adams

Proud

Struggle

Age

" Anger is an unnecessary emotion. Loads of stuff in life can trigger it, but what matters is how you react. I choose not to react. "

" I want to be the European, Olympic, Commonwealth and world champion. I want the full set. "

" I'm good at clearing things out. If I haven't worn something for a while, I'll give it away to charity. "

" Women boxers prefer to focus on the win rather than the bravado. We've come a long way. In the '90s, you only ever saw women parading in heels and a bikini holding a scorecard. Now we're owning it; we should get some male models in Speedos to do the ring walk. "

" I'm like a 'comeback kid' - you can't keep me down for long! "

Nicola Adams

Kid

You

" Yes, I'm always keeping my eye on trends and designers. With certain favourites, I can tell you what season an item of clothing is from. I've been to a few catwalk shows, and I love seeing how the clothes look on a person. "

" I only went into a gym by accident. My mum couldn't get a babysitter and wanted to do aerobics, so she took me and Kurtis, my younger brother, down to the gym. There was an after-school boxing class on with some of the kids from school. There weren't any other girls there, but I didn't mind. I loved it. "

Nicola Adams

School

Loved

" I'd love to be the Ali of women's boxing, to retire as the greatest. "

" There is so much to learn from boxing, you can never have learnt everything; anybody who says they know it all is lying. You can't - there is always something new to learn. "

" Nothing ever stops me smiling, apart from getting beat in the ring. "

" When I was young, I used to watch videos of Ali boxing, with my dad. It set me on the road. I wanted to be like Ali. I wanted to have my own Nicki shuffle and everything. "

" 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. "

" Muhammad Ali meant everything to me. He inspired me to box after watching re-runs of him winning a gold medal in the Olympics and being a world champion. "

" Spiders keep me awake at night. If I see one that's too big to get under a glass, there will be big problems. I'll spend the rest of the day feeling like I'm being terrorised by this missing spider. "

Nicola Adams

Problems

Day

" Sometimes my brain is saying, 'Go wild on food,' and I'll want to pig out, but I'll tell myself, 'No.' You either want to win or you don't. "

" Even though I am a woman boxer, I am not just inspiring women; I hope I am inspiring boys as well. "

" All I want is to keep boxing for Great Britain and inspire others. "

" Our boxing is not like the men's. It's more thoughtful, more technical. It's not just, 'Get in there and hurt someone.' "

" 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? "

" Just imagine if women's sport was on the TV all the time - how many more female athletes we would have? "

Nicola Adams

Women

Time

" 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. "

" One girl said when I won my gold that was what inspired her to do boxing. She was only 12, and that is the same age I was when I first started. "

" A couple of weeks after the Olympics, I thought I'd pop down to my local supermarket and do some grocery shopping. One person came up to me in the frozen food aisle, and that was it. I was mobbed, and I had to leave my shopping. Now, I either shop online or go very late at night when the supermarket's nearly empty. "

" Everybody wants that spot: everybody wants to beat Nicola Adams. Everybody wants to be the Olympic champion; everybody wants to beat the Olympic champion. It's made me train that much harder and stay that much more focused. I guess, in a way, I've got them to thank for keeping me motivated and focused on the job I need to do. "

Nicola Adams

Champion

Train

" Everyone is beatable on the right day. "

" As a kid, I was always picky about food; if it didn't 'look right,' I wouldn't eat it. "

" No one's ever really cared about me being bisexual, and I only came out because I had always been out; it's just the general public didn't know. I'm quite fearless. I'm like, 'Let's just go out there and do this and see what happens.' "

Nicola Adams

Always

" Every time I get in the ring, I have to give 110 per cent because my opponents have nothing to lose and everything to gain, so I have to make sure I go in there with my A-game and come away with the victory. "

Nicola Adams

Ring

Victory

" I wouldn't call myself a feminist. I am just me. I like boxing and acting and doing my charity work. "

Nicola Adams

Myself

I Am