“I feel really honoured to be in the Walk of Fame in Birmingham with so...” — Ellie Simmonds Quote

“I feel really honoured to be in the Walk of Fame in Birmingham with so many great people already like Ozzy Osbourne.”

“In Beijing when the Chinese athletes had a massive roar that gave me a buzz pretending they were shouting for me.”

“I would have loved to sneak off and watch some of the horse events at the Paralympics and I know Lee Pearson, who's the Olympic gold medallist in para-equestrianism, but because I was competing in the pool I had to watch it on TV.”

“I would love to bring the UFC back to Birmingham.”

“If you cut me I bleed Birmingham. Others would say it's being a woman, but coming from Birmingham is the single most important part of my identity. I'm not always sure I feel English or British, but I always feel like a Brummie.”

“I did a drama degree, went to secretarial college, then got a job with a theatre company in Birmingham. It's been a slow burn, which doesn't seem to have gone out.”