Nicola Adams Quotes

United Kingdom, Boxer
October 26, 1982

Nicola Adams OBE is a British professional boxer. The first woman to win an Olympic boxing title in 2012, she is the 2012 and 2016 Olympic gold medallist in the women's flyweight division. As of 27 May 2016 she is the reigning Olympic, World and European Games champion at flyweight, and has won the entire set of amateur championships available to her - Olympic, Commonwealth and European Games' titles, and the World, European and European Union championships.

Also known as Athlete

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
- Experience
- Ring
- Craft
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
- Women
- Health
- Boxing

I went into boxing, and I'm bisexual, and I still achieved and performed at the highest level, and I came away with gold and made history, so with that said, anything is possible.

Nicola Adams
- History
- Gold
- Boxing
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
- Care
- Happen
- Bisexual
To finally become world champion after losing out in three previous finals is very satisfying. It shows that if you stick to your goals and work hard, you can achieve them in the end.

Nicola Adams
- Goals
- Achieve
- Work Hard
Nothing ever stops me smiling, apart from getting beat in the ring.

Nicola Adams
- Beat
- Ring
- Smiling
Boxing is like chess. You encourage your opponent to make mistakes so you can capitalise on it. People think you get in the ring and see the red mist, but it's not about aggression. Avoiding getting knocked out is tactical.

Nicola Adams
- Mistakes
- Boxing
- Opponent
Our boxing is not like the men's. It's more thoughtful, more technical. It's not just, 'Get in there and hurt someone.'

Nicola Adams

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.

Nicola Adams
- Emotion
- Anger
- React
When I look back, I only do so to see what I've done in my past - my gold medals and the Championships that I've won. Really, I just look to the future and hopefully winning even more.

Nicola Adams
- Future
- Winning
- Medals