Katie Taylor
It's important to have a healthy balanced diet but not to get too bogged down about it. It's important to enjoy your food, too.Collection: Diet
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.Collection: Diet
People need to get out and do some more exercise, especially children who are stuck inside with computers.Collection: Computers
I do a good job of staying positive and just moving on.Collection: Positive
God is my psychologist. And my dad is probably the best sport psychologist in the world.Collection: Dad
I wouldn't really call myself a feminist. I obviously want equality and equal opportunities to the men.Collection: Equality
When you're so consistent, people have to stand up and take notice. I don't think people recognise or praise consistency enough.
Mental strength is something you either have or you haven't.
I want to tell girls, it's not about make-up and how you look that's important; you are so much more than how you look.
I look at what's in front of me. I concentrate on that and then hopefully move on.
It's such a shame, really, because we were known for our country of saints and scholars, and we grew up with such a great tradition with St. Patrick, and he is the one who brought Christianity to Ireland, and we celebrate St. Patrick's day every single year, but there's very few practising Catholics or practising Christians.
I love playing for Ireland, and I love soccer, but when it comes down to it, I would choose boxing as my number one sport, as I'd miss it too much if I wasn't involved.
It's ridiculous having the pros in an amateur sport, but at the same time, there's a lot of pros who are going to struggle over three rounds.
I just happen to be a woman and involved in sport, but that doesn't necessarily make me a feminist.
I never think too far ahead.
It's so true: the fight is won or lost in the gym, and those words really stuck with me throughout my career.
I love all sorts of food, chocolate especially. I eat well, but I like the odd Chinese, like anyone!
I would love to be able to speak my own language and maybe have an interview in Irish, maybe after my fights.
Fighting at the Olympics has been my lifelong dream, and I cannot believe I am there now.
There's not a lot of positive role models of women in newspapers and magazines. I think it puts pressure on girls. They think that the image put out, it's the way you have to look.
Sport is a great way to keep fit. It's a stress reliever.
You're clearing your mind during a workout. Boxing is a great sport for girls; it's really safe.
No world championship has been easy for me.
Every fight has been hard. Every world title I've won has been hard fought, and every European title I've won has been hard fought as well.
It doesn't matter who other people are saying the favourite is; I'm still going in to win the gold medal.
I'm just sorry I couldn't come home with a second Olympic gold medal.
I became number one just after the World Championships in India. I was very young then, and I remember it was just a great feeling, my first World Championship.
I tend to think year-by-year and tournament-by-tournament.
I've a great group of people, a great family behind me all the way, all the time. You cannot underestimate that.
I want to leave a great legacy behind me and continue to win major championships.
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.
I am European Games champion now as well as Olympic champion, European champion, and world champion.
There's a lot of people on the way up who want to take my place, so it's up to me to continue to improve.
I love being the favourite of every competition.
I'm the one that everyone is trying to beat.
I'm in a privileged position, but I still feel like the best is yet to come, and people still haven't seen the best of me yet, and that is so exciting for me.
There is an awful lot of pressure on me.
The best boxers don't always qualify for the Olympics. You can easily have a bad day, but please God, that won't happen to me.
I have a lot of confidence in myself, and I love that challenge as well. I love going to every competition as the favourite. It's something I relish.
It's great to be boxing a local boxer. The atmosphere is always fantastic. I love those fights. I really relish those fights.
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.
I'm not going to be boxing forever, but I've put no time-cap on it, really.
As long as I still feel a passion for the sport and preparing for these big competitions, I will carry on fighting.
I have stayed positiv,e and I believe I am still improving in every competition I enter.
I've been offered a few professional contracts... in the hundreds and thousands.
The thing with professional boxing is you have to have the right promoter and the right fights. It is a cut-throat business.
You have to make sure you have the right people around you to get the right fights, and you're not guaranteed to get the best fights.
With amateur boxing, you're just entered into a competition. And to be the best, you've got to beat the best. You're not waiting around to get these fights organised.
I could have 10 kids or be boxing until I'm 40.
I've had losses in my career before, and I've always come back stronger from those losses.