100 Quotes by Rachel Riley

I have loved 'Countdown' for years. I always used to watch it when I got home from school. To be actually on the programme is a big challenge.

The brain is muscle. If you don't exercise it, it will get slow.

I am the type of person who just gets on with whatever life throws at you. I have a 'do first, worry later' kind of attitude.

My parents encourage me to save, but I do buy the odd thing that I wouldn't tell them about.

More than other subjects, there's a myth that you have to be an absolute genius to be good at maths and to enjoy it, so I think it's less accessible for people. Even the word 'maths' makes people screw their face up. They do the maths face.

I never would've thought of going on 'Strictly,' I mean, I went on because it's my mum's favourite programme in the world.

There's no such thing as a 'maths brain.' Anyone can be numerate; it's just a matter of confidence. There are so many opportunities to improve your skills during everyday life, doing even a little a day can make maths feel more familiar and less scary.

When you're out shopping, try to calculate the discount of something in the sales, or work out how much a bill in a restaurant will come to. Your brain is just like any other muscle - you have to train it to make it work faster.

I am aware of some of the things about me on the Internet - like people putting up pictures of me online every single day on something called Rachel Watch!