Without 'Countdown,' I'd probably still be a data analyst in London. Rachel Riley More Quotes by Rachel Riley More Quotes From Rachel Riley When I was at uni, our whole college bar would gather around the quiz machine for a few games every night. Rachel Riley quiz college games night People have got their opinions, and you can't please everyone. Rachel Riley please-everyone everyone you people The brain is muscle. If you don't exercise it, it will get slow. Rachel Riley slow will you brain My biggest vice? Vegan cupcakes, which are delicious. Rachel Riley vice which delicious vegan You can have your opinions, and you can share them with your friends, but why would you go online to tell a stranger something random about their appearance? I don't get that. Rachel Riley random you friends appearance I've always been clumsy, the one who knocks glasses over. Rachel Riley over who always glasses Practising maths can be fun. Rachel Riley maths practising fun 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. Rachel Riley you shopping brain work I think there is a real negative attitude to splitting up with someone in our society, but it is good to stay friends. Rachel Riley good friends society attitude Maths is the language of science. Rachel Riley maths language science I cycle, especially in warm weather. If I have a meeting in town, I would rather cycle than go by car. Rachel Riley meeting go car weather People can underestimate you when you're blonde and from Essex, but it's easy to shut that down. I used to get dumb blonde jokes when I was 18, but when I replied that I was studying maths at Oxford, it usually shut them up. Rachel Riley down you easy people The paso doble is my favourite dance on 'Strictly,' so I'm so pleased I get to do it. Rachel Riley pleased get favourite dance I love that once you know the basic rules of maths, you can do whatever you want with it. Rachel Riley rules know you love When I was little, I carried a book of times tables around everywhere and always tried to get the best score. I like the fact that you don't need any tools, only your head. I also enjoy rules and, with maths, you are either right or wrong. Rachel Riley best you enjoy book Maths is like learning a language: you need to learn the basics to get going, but a lot of adults go into blind panic about numbers and switch off. Rachel Riley you learning blind language Some of the words that pop up on the show have had terrible connotations. But that's the beauty of 'Countdown.' Rachel Riley show words some beauty Even though you picture Russians as stoic, their language is really poetic. Rachel Riley though picture you language CBT really helped me, and I would recommend it to anyone. Rachel Riley would anyone really me I didn't realise until I did CBT that I was a perfectionist. Whenever you do anything, there are always going to be things that go wrong, it's never going to be 100 per cent perfect. Because of how I was, I'd focus on those bits and always see the negative in anything. Rachel Riley never you focus negative
