Turning professional, getting engaged to fellow top boxer Marlen Esparza and about her life growing up in leeds. I was just i wasjust thinking i was just thinking i want to win a gold medal. The whole being a role model came with it. Politicians like it out in front of sceptical voters. You left a note telling the country you spent all the money. You are punching harder. Hello. Welcome to the programme. Were live until 11 this morning. Nicola adams will be with us after ten, so if you have any questions for her then do get in touch. Wed also love your comments on the conservative Party Manifesto especially if you or your parents are likely to be affected by new plans for paying for social care. Do get in touch on all the stories were talking about this morning. Use the Hashtag Victoria Live and if you text, you will be charged at the Standard Network rate. Our top story today. An end to Winter Fuel Payments for wealthier pensioners, new measures to curb immigration and cuts to Free Sch
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possible herself. it would not have been possible for them to go out there. sometimes as a player when you are on a routine. sometimes as a player when you are on a routine, and she has been on this tour on a routine, and she has been on this tour on on a routine, and she has been on this tour on her own with this very tight this tour on her own with this very tight team this tour on her own with this very tight team that have been looking after her tight team that have been looking after her out there, you know, i think after her out there, you know, i think sometimes it is good just not to change think sometimes it is good just not to change that routine. she has got a really to change that routine. she has got a really good thing going. why not keep doing exactly what you are doing? keep doing exactly what you are doing? she said, ijust look at it one point doing? she said, ijust look at it one point at a time. i always remember billie jean king always saying reme
of these athletes and the medals that everyone s winning this is massive, and i think this is going to have a really good effect on mental health discussions, notjust in sport, but in society which i think is fantastic. professor steve peters, i m interested by something helen just said there, there will be stress. historically, as you ll know better than me, managing extreme stress has been a highlight, a bedrock of sport i can think of cathy freeman in the 2000 olympics having the weight of a nation on her shoulders as she ran the 400 metres, pele just now opening up in a documentary about the pressure on him in the 1970 world cup. if we took away all that, wouldn t we also take away most of the sporting events of the past? yeah, i think it s very important, as helen was alluding to there, that we distinguish between what s mental illness and psychological distress or performance issues. because i think the performance