Katie Taylor

I've been offered a few professional contracts... in the hundreds and thousands.

I just happen to be a woman and involved in sport, but that doesn't necessarily make me a feminist.

I've had losses in my career before, and I've always come back stronger from those losses.

I love being the favourite of every competition.

It is frustrating, but all I can do is just keep winning, and hopefully, people will stand up and take notice eventually.

I always come into these competitions hoping to come away with a gold medal. I won't relax until I have the gold medal around my neck.

I always feel like the freshest boxer going into competitions.

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 have stayed positiv,e and I believe I am still improving in every competition I enter.

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.

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 wouldn't really call myself a feminist. I obviously want equality and equal opportunities to the men.