Katie Taylor

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.

There are so many career opportunities out there now for young women, and it's great to have the opportunity to encourage them to get involved in these new careers.

It's so true: the fight is won or lost in the gym, and those words really stuck with me throughout my career.

People need to get out and do some more exercise, especially children who are stuck inside with computers.

Boxing was just another one to keep me going as a child.

I'd like to thank everyone for all their support and prayers. I'm so humbled by that.

I don't really change much; there's not much I can do about the judging in front of a home crowd.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Age is a chronological number. That's all. There is plenty of time for my life afterwards. I'm still a young woman.