Katie Taylor

The Olympics is a dream of mine.

Fighting at the Olympics has been my lifelong dream, and I cannot believe I am there now.

The thing with professional boxing is you have to have the right promoter and the right fights. It is a cut-throat business.

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.

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.

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.

I am European Games champion now as well as Olympic champion, European champion, and world champion.

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.

Sport is a great way to keep fit. It's a stress reliever.

The heaviest I've ever been is 65 kilos. That was during my Leaving Cert when I was just studying and eating chocolate.

I always go into a fight thinking the decision is going to be fair, and I relish these fights where the atmosphere is so fantastic.

I do a good job of staying positive and just moving on.