Katie Taylor Quotes
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You're clearing your mind during a workout. Boxing is a great sport for girls; it's really safe.
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I just happen to be a woman and involved in sport, but that doesn't necessarily make me a feminist.
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I love being the favourite of every competition.
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I don't even wear miniskirts on a night out, so I definitely won't be wearing miniskirts in the ring.
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I think every fight is a tough fight, but I'm not settling for a bronze medal.
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It is frustrating, but all I can do is just keep winning, and hopefully, people will stand up and take notice eventually.
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I know how it feels to lose.
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I look at what's in front of me. I concentrate on that and then hopefully move on.
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People say, 'You will be 30 years old; you're too old. You'll get your nose broke,' say dad's a pushy dad. You hear stupid things and put them out of your mind.
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I've had losses in my career before, and I've always come back stronger from those losses.
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I would love to be able to speak my own language and maybe have an interview in Irish, maybe after my fights.
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I'm honoured and delighted to be named the 'Irish Times'/Irish Sports Council Sportswoman of the Year 2014. This has been an amazing year for me and for Irish women in sport, and I would like to congratulate all the finalists in their respective fields who have excelled at major sporting events.
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It's great for my confidence getting a letter saying 'All I want from life, Katie, is you and health.'
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We do the weigh-in, then go for a walk, then have breakfast, then I listen to worship songs on my iPod because I'm a Christian. I always read the same Bible verses, too. We do the same warm-up a lot of the time as well. But, I have no superstitions before a fight.
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Definitely, there's a lot of strength in depth in my division.
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No world championship has been easy for me.
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I can enjoy myself and express myself in the ring.
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I want to go down in the history books as one of the greatest female boxers of all time, and I think I'm on the right path.
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Fighting at the Olympics has been my lifelong dream, and I cannot believe I am there now.
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My training diet can be quite strict when I'm coming up to competition; it's a weight-making sport, of course. But I eat quite healthily anyway, and it's less strict when out of competition.
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I've boxed many people in their own backyard plenty of times - in China, I boxed a Chinese girl in the final of the world championships, and I've boxed Russians before in their home nation as well.
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It's great to be boxing a local boxer. The atmosphere is always fantastic. I love those fights. I really relish those fights.
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It's the training that's the hardest. It's the preparation. The months and months of preparation that nobody really sees, that's the hardest part.
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I wouldn't be where I am without my dad. He's a genius.